Intent to Sole Source: Dietary Foods Management

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility (CCHCF) intends to award a non-competitive sole source purchase order to vendor, Dietary Foods Management, to provide Room Service software modules. Authority cited FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) - for purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) Contracting Officers may solicit from only one source if the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. No other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Proposed Contractor shall provide Room Service software modules to the Dietary Department at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility (CCHCF).

Period of Performance will be for one (1) year, beginning when award is made.

The Proposed Contractor is the only organization uniquely qualified to provide the required services for Room Service software modules since the software will integrate with existing database from production management modules. No other vendor can deliver a solution that meets the technical and operational requirements. This vendor has proprietary rights over the software and the existing equipment already installed an in use at CCHCF.

This notice of intent to award sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be an advantage to the Government. Responders are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. If no affirmative written response is received by Due Date, the contract will be issued without further notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposed of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the rights to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).