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The US Army Medical Command, Regional Health Contracting Office- Central, Fort Carson Health Contracting Cell is issuing this sources sought synopsis on behalf of Evan Army Community Hospital (EACH), FT. Carson, CO to be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE.

Any requests for a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored.

The Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West has an upcoming requirement to solicit for one time Software Upgrade of a goverment owned Philips EPIQ7 ultrasound machine.

-Software must run windows 10

-RV & LV strain that complies with ASE guidelines Must be secure on the network

-Compatible with PICOM & MS Genesis 3D Imaging

Equipment: Philips EPIQ7 Ultrasound

This request is anticipated to result in a Firm Fixed-Priced contract. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 511210- Software Publishers Size standard 41.5 million.

The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Small Business Community to include Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB- Zone), Women-Owned Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), as well as the interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Large Business community, to compete and perform a Firm Fixed Price Contract for this requirement. The type of solicitation to issue will depend upon the responses to this sources sought synopsis. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsive contractors.

In response to this notice, interested parties shall submit a written Statement of Capability limited up to 5 pages and shall include the

following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size (small versus large business) and type of ownership for the organization; 2) Must provide documentation showing authorization. The Government is not obligated to, nor will it, pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed contract action based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Interested vendors shall respond to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 28 Oct 2022 at 10:00 AM MST. All interested businesses must be registered in through the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to gabriela.j.quiroz.mil@health.mil Telephonic inquiries will not be honored. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD.