SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Procurement
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 519190
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- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH81970000
- Response Due
- 8/30/2008
- Archive Date
- 10/29/2008
- Point of Contact
- Elayne Seiler, 301-619-7358<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUBJECT: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT DESC: Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, it is the Governments intent to award a sole source to ECRI Institute, 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1298, for providing two services, Health Technology Assessment Information Service (HTAIS) and Select_Plus on-line. This is not a formal solicitation. This synopsis is not considered a Request for Quotation or Proposal. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written response is received, the service will be awarded without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the following email address no later than 4:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, 30 August 2008. EMAIL: elayne.seiler@amedd.army.mil Sole Source Justification: Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is the only Evidence based research firm that meets DMSBs requirements. Under the proposed contract, ECRI will provide two services, Health Technology Assessment Information Service (HTAIS) and Select_Plus on-line. HTAIS provides information on the latest medical technological advances, databases, and analyses that will enable the DMSB to base medical equipment decisions about healthcare technology and services on the most comprehensive evidence available. Select_Plus on-line provides many services including the critical product comparison tool. The product comparison tool enables the DMSB to conduct market research in such a way that is not provided by any other vendor. The information provided in the tool is so comprehensive that it saves the DMSB several weeks if not months in market research and currently there in not another company that provides the information. ECRI is the only company capable of providing; independent, professional staff, technical research and technological testing capabilities, and timely market research capable of providing these services to the DMSB at this time.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Defense Medical Standardization Board 1423 Sultan Drive Frederick MD<br />
- Zip Code: 21702-5013<br />
- Zip Code: 21702-5013<br />
- Record
- SN01641990-W 20080817/080815224648-6f8ce0b65fd26a50096f0c7b04867562 (fbodaily.com)
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