The Department of Veterans Affairs has a potential requirement to expand existing Real Time Location System (RTLS) Installation at seven medical centers in Veteran Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 19.
The purpose of this procurement is to extend coverage areas, configure existing hardware that is not yet configured, and re-configure system software to meet facility needs.VA intends to issue a Request for Proposal on an Other Than Full and Open Competition basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1 entitled, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
VA s existing Asset Tracking solution uses Active Tags. AT is one of three RTLS business use cases deployed by VA, and one of eight that VA has identified. At those VISN facilities currently operating AT, AT data is collected and transferred from the CenTrak system to the Intelligent InSites system. InSites for AT, is a RTLS specific Business Intelligent platform that leverages location-based data to provide users with the following information: 1. A real-time GUI display of location status for individual assets. 2. A set of statistically based reports and dashboards that present the state of the RTLS inventory, as well as the employment of individual assets. RTLS users may access and use individual application functionality directly from CenTrak or from InSites….
The use of Intelligent Insites and Centrak is essential to the Government s requirements, thereby precluding consideration of a product manufactured by another company.
