SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- On Line Subscription
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2003
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Contracting Officer, (90C), , 113 Holland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208-3410
- ZIP Code
- 12208-3410
- Solicitation Number
- VA-SNOTE-030415-001
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, Visn 2, VA Medical Centers at Albany NY, Bath NY, Canandaigua NY, Syracuse NY, Western NY Health Care System Buffalo/Batavia NY. Visn 2 intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR Part 6.302 to 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 topics discussions (equivalent of more than 50,000 pages of text), graphics, Medline abstracts, and a complete drug database. On-line subscription also cover twelve medical specialties and subspecialties such as: Adult Primary Care & Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine; Endocrinology and Diabetes; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Hematology; Infectious Diseases; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Nephrology and 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. The intended contract will be for a base period plus four, one (1) year option renewals. Qualified businesses other that the sole source company 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 about April 20, 2003, 3:00 pm Eastern Time. If no responses are received by April 20, 2003 pm, the VA Contracting Officer shall proceed with negotiations with UpToDate, Inc.
- Web Link
-
Dept of Veteran Affairs Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management Business Opportunities System
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/)
- Record
- SN00304027-W 20030417/030415213403 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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