SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- On Line Subscription & Database Services
- Notice Date
- 3/10/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Alvin C. York Campus, Chief, Acquisition Section (90C), 3400 Lebanon Road, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129
- ZIP Code
- 37129
- Solicitation Number
- 249-03-23
- Point of Contact
- Contracting Officer - Sherri-Lyn Teeters, Contract Specialist, (615) 867-6026
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Sherri-Lyn Teeters
(sherri.teeters@med.va.gov)
- Description
- The VISN 9 Acquisition Service Center intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR Part 6.302 to a firm by the name of UpToDate, Inc., for on-line subscription access to clinical resource information. On-Line subscription access provides a "Search engine" type benefit of over 300 medical journals, "Topic Reviews" comprised of over 6000 topic discussions (equivalent of more than 50,000 pages of text), graphics, Medline abstracts, and a complete drug database. On-line subscription also covers twelve medical specialties and subspecialties such as: Adult Primary Care & Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine; Endocrinology & Diabetes; Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Hematology; Infectious Diseases; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Oncology; Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine; Nephrology & Hypertension; Rheumatology; Family Practice. UpToDate's staff of in-house physicians provides reviews of over 300 medical journals and incorporates significant clinical findings daily with updates to be provided every four months. UpToDate provides speedy access to and unique presentation of queried information. This sole source procurement is for clinical subscriptions and database access. This will be a VISN 9 procurement, which includes VA Medical Center facilities located in Murfreesboro, TN, Nashville, TN, Mtn Home, TN, Memphis, TN, Louisville, KY, Lexington, KY, and Huntington, WV. The intended contract will be for a base period plus four optional one - year periods. Qualified businesses other than the sole source company (UpToDate, Inc., 34 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481) must submit in writing, certification and sufficient evidence that they are able to provide all functionality and requirements listed herein including database access on or before March 20, 2003, 2:00pm Central Time. If no responses are received by March 20, 2003, 2:00pm, the Acquisition Service Center shall proceed with negotiations with UpToDate, Inc.
- Web Link
-
RFQ 249-03-23
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=249-03-23)
- Record
- SN00275551-W 20030312/030310213418 (fbodaily.com)
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