This market research notice is being conducted by Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 VHA Regional Procurement Office-West (RPOW) 5441 Babcock Road STE. 302 San Antonio TX 78240 for the procurement of MiPACS system annual maintenance and support. Background and Requirement: West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS) Medical Health Care System needs the requested items provided for MiPACS to facilitate our dental department s requirement for a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). for West Texas VA Medical Health Care System. This equipment proposed is to provide both the MiPACS workstations and MiPAC server software to include MiPACS drivers needed for dental imaging devices West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS) Medical Health Care System needs the service for the MiPACS workstations and MiPAC server software to include MiPACS drivers needed for imaging devices that connect directly or indirectly to the MiPACS system. This equipment proposed is the MiPACS system s annual maintenance and support. must be able to perform the following functions. SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT REQUIRED: West Texas VA Health Care System for the Southwest Texas VA Medical Health Care System surgical service. The vendor is responsible for providing all items listed below. The Vendor must be authorized to work on the MiPACS dental Software. Provide technical support in appropriate systems back-up of MiPACS system software. Technical support shall include assistance with the following tasks: Installation of new imaging devices Troubleshooting of connectivity issues to MiPACS storage server Image quality improvement Inquiries about MiPACS functionality and features. If this is an item your business can provide, please respond to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00 AM Central Time on Monday 10 July 2025. The intent of this notice is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g. set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Where is the item manufactured, the VA is interested in procuring items manufactured in the United States. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, include the contract details in your response. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Business/Veteran Owned Small Business or other Small Business manufacturers or authorized distributors that can provide this item. Respond to this notice if you can provide these products listed in the table in the background and requirement section above. In response, please cite your business size status. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept gray market items. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g., if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set aside). Responses should include: (1) Business Name (2) Business Address (3) Point of Contact - Name - Phone Number - E-mail Address (4) SAM UID Number (5) NAICS code (6) Business Size: SMALL or LARGE (7) Type of Business: SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED (SDVOSB), VETERAN OWNED(VOSB), 8A, HUBZone, WOMAN-OWNED (WOSB), etc. (8) Letter stating OEM authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment and/or services if applicable (9) GSA/FSS Contract Number if applicable All businesses eligible to provide this item are encouraged to reply as this information may be used to determine potential set-asides for the above-noted requirement. Send responses to Michelle Cunningham at michelle.cunningham@va.gov. DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, Contractors may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the contracting officer whether to continue with the sole source procurement or to provide for competition. Due to technical issues, please allow additional time if you re using electronic means. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete with the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
