VA-20-00034866 HICBA Replacement Solution   2

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Acquisition Operations (OAO), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown NJ intends to enter into a contract on a basis of other than full and open competition for the Health Information Coding, Billing, & Auditing (HICBA) Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Integration, Revenue, and Reporting (VIRR) software solution. The TAC intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract to Document Storage Systems, Incorporated (DSS), 12575 US Highway One Suite 200, Juno Beach, Florida 33408. HICBA software solutions provide VHA with enterprise capabilities for health record coding and revenue cycle operations such as accounts receivable and billing. HICBA also provides for the management of HIM and Revenue Operations business workflows and reporting from various management perspectives in Health Information Management (HIM) and Revenue Operations. HICBA is comprised of two components: An Encoder software solution and the VIRR software solution. This procurement is for the VIRR software solution which provides VistA integration for the Encoder, workflow management for HIM coding and revenue operations, and reporting functionality for these operations. The Request for Information for this action was posted under 36C10B20Q0373. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1 entitled, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 541519. Any inquiries shall be submitted to lauren.sankar@va.gov with the synopsis number, 36C10B21R0004, as the subject line. The Points of Contact (POCs) for this action are Lauren Sankar, Contract Specialist, lauren.sankar@va.gov and Den-el Opuszynski, Contracting Officer, Den-el.Opuszynski@va.gov.