Basic Information

Reference Number

00003587594

Issuing Organization

Provincial Health Services Authority BC

Solicitation Type

NOI - Notice of Intent (Informal)

Solicitation Number

PHSA 9751

Title

Automated Shift Call Out Service

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

British Columbia

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2023/06/12 10:06:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2023/06/19 03:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Sramek, Karel

karel.sramek@phsa.ca

Description

Issued: June 9, 2023
File # PHSA 9751
NOI Title: Automated Shift Call Out Service
Provincial Health Services Authority

Notice is hereby given that Fraser Health Authority (“FHA”) (the “Health Authority”) through their agent Provincial Health Services Authority (“PHSA”), intends to directly award a Contract extension to the following supplier to provide Automated Shift Call Out Services, for a term of up to ten (10) years at an estimated value of CDN $2,587,805.

Valsoft Corp Inc., d.b.a., Vocantas Software
2934 Baseline Road, Suite 301
Ottawa, ON
K2H 1B2

In accordance with applicable trade agreements, PHSA, as agent for the Health Authority has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reason:

For additional deliveries by the original supplier of goods or services that were not included in the initial procurement, if a change of supplier for such additional goods or services:

A change of supplier would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the procuring entity.

Rationale
The Valsoft Automated Shift Call Out Service system is currently functioning at high volumes. Within the current health care climate, change management associated with moving to a new system comes with high risk. Replacing this supplier would incur additional costs, negatively impact business operations, and endanger continuity of patient services
Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection for the attention of Karel Sramek, Buyer, by email before 12:00pm Pacific Standard Time, June 19, 2023. PHSA will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration to each objection.

Please Reference File: # PHSA 9751 on all written correspondence.

Disclaimer All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued on bcbid.gov.bc.ca. MERX asks that you refer to bcbid.gov.bc.ca notice for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the notice abstract.