DA10--Notice of Intent to Sole Source TeraRecon Softwareview on SAM.gov

This is a Special Notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. This announcement constitutes the only Notice of Intent (NOI) to Sole Source (SS) and synopsis of proposed action. The Department of Veterans Affairs Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 intends to issue and award a Sole Source single award Firm-Fixed Price type contract IAW FAR Overhaul Part 12 with a performance period of one (1) year to Terarecon Inc. located at 4309 Emperor Blvd Ste 310, Durham, NC 27703-8069 for support of government owned Terarecon PACS system at the MEDVAMC, located at 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. It has been determined that through initial Market Research, only 1 (one) vendor exists that provides an on-premises neuroimaging solution fully compliant with VA cybersecurity and IT policies. Competing platforms primarily operate as cloud-hosted services, which are not authorized within the VA environment due to strict data security requirements. The contract will be a Firm Fixed Price single award. The statutory authority for this non-competitive acquisition as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements . The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 513210 Software Publishers, with a small business size standard of $47M, and the FSC/PSC is 7A20 IT and Telecom Application Development Software. Items to be awarded are shown below. Catalog/part Number Item Description Quantity CERC-NEURO-ADV-1-FDA Package, Cercare MR Neuro Advanced, FDA Cleared 1,000 runs 1 20301 TR AI Framework (Eureka Clinical AI) Usage - Number of Runs per Algorithm 1,300 COMB-cMRI-TIER5 Algorithm, Combinostics cNeuro cMRI algorithm, Tier 5 (1,000 runs per year) 1 20120 TR AI Framework (On Prem/Customer Cloud) 1 20125 TR AI Platform Premier Success per AI Algorithm 2 20150 TR Connect Integration per Interface 1 20122 TR AI Framework Implementation Fee 1 20124 TR AI Framewrk (Eureka Clinical AI) Onboarding Fee per AI Algorithm 2 The contractor shall provide and ensure safe, secure, and careful handling and delivery of results in accordance with established guidelines from the Department of Veterans Affairs Handbook 6500 and drafted statement of work. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. Telephone requests will not be honored. No award will be made based on quotes or offers received in response to this notice. All responsible sources may identify their interest to meet this requirement to Contracting Officer and date identified on page one of this announcement. Additionally, any response to this notice must show clear, compelling and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the government by providing the following: 1.Business Size and Socio-Economic Status: (a) Indi…