Re: Solicitation Number: NAORALSOLICITATION
Re: Contract Number: 36C77619P0092
VA has awarded a $2.8M contract to IT Concepts for Veterans Health Information Exchange P&T Services.
The contractor shall provide and deliver professional and technical management services for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Informatics and Information Governance (OIIG) Health Informatics (HI) Interoperability Office (IO) Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE) Portfolio of Programs. Tasks involve providing the expertise necessary to enable the VHIE program to improve upon and expand VA’s ability to securely share computable electronic health information with other healthcare providers involved in the provision of care to the Veteran. This involves the application of program and project management services, clinical and health informatics expertise, performance management services, and community outreach in support of all work areas within VHIE.
Tasks involve providing the expertise necessary to enable the VHIE program to improve upon and expand VA’s ability to securely share computable electronic health information with other healthcare providers involved in the provision of care to the Veteran. This involves the application of program and project management services, clinical and health informatics expertise, performance management services, and community outreach in support of all work areas within VHIE.
Market research was conducted as a request for information (RFI) #36C77619Q0158 was published in FedBizOpps.gov (www.FBO.gov) for the period of June 19th – July 3rd, 2019. Ten responses from SDVOSB firms were received by the 1300 EST deadline of July 3rd, 2019. The incumbent contractor, IT Concepts, was one of the SDVOSBs to respond to the posting. At which time, the Contracting Officer felt it would be most advantageous to the government to make a sole source award to IT Concepts in accordance with 38 USC 8127. IT Concepts currently has a contract with the VA for the same services and has been performing a satisfactory job. Issuing a sole source would allow for the incumbent contractor to continue performing these services for the government and alleviate any issues a new contractor may have getting started on a new requirement/contract.
