Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Illumina for purchase of premier level participation at the 2023 Health Information and Management Systems Society Global Health Conference and Exhibition Interoperability Showcase.  The Showcase provides an opportunity for CDC programs to demonstrate standards-based interoperability and health information exchange between public health and healthcare information systems.  The Interoperability Showcase is held in conjunction with the 2023 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition,Apr 17th thru 21st in Chicago, IL which brings together 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world.  This is the only venue where public health, healthcare and other partners can participate, convene and demonstrate high priority use cases such as electronic case reporting, cancer reporting, hospital reporting and other data exchanges. Please see attached Sole Source Justification for more details.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government.  A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.  Information received will  be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.  Any quotation/response should be emailed to Cole Mullis at ttu3@cdc.gov by 12:00 pm EST on March 31, 2023.