SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- On Line Subscription and Database Services
- Notice Date
- 4/22/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Bay Pines Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs Bay Pines Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs;Contracting Officer (248);Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (516);4300 Duhme Road;Bay Pines FL 33744
- ZIP Code
- 33744
- Solicitation Number
- VA-248-09-RQ-0366
- Response Due
- 5/15/2009
- Archive Date
- 8/13/2009
- Point of Contact
- Keila President727-399-3333<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare System and Designated Sites per Statement of Work, 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 415 medical journals, "Topic Reviews" comprised of over 7,600 topic discussions (equivalent of more than 78,000 pages of text), graphics, Medline abstracts, and a complete drug database. On-line subscription also covers thirteen 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; Pediatrics. UpToDate's staff of in-house physicians provides reviews of over 415 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. The intended contract will be for a base period plus 4 options years. The subscription may be renewed at the expiry of the initial term at the then-current subscription price. Qualified businesses other than the sole source company (UpToDate, Inc., 95 Sawyer Rd., Waltham, MA 02453) 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 May 15, 2009, 2:00pm Central Time. If no responses are received by May 15, 2009, 2:00pm, the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System and Designated Sites per Statement of Work, shall proceed with negotiations with UpToDate, Inc. All perspective bidders must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at www.ccr.gov/index.cfm. Please direct all questions regarding this procurement to Keila President, Contract Specialist by phone at 727-399-3333, by fax at 727-399-3347, or by email at keila.president@va.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 10000 Bay Pines Blvd;Bay Pines FL 33744<br />
- Zip Code: 33744<br />
- Zip Code: 33744<br />
- Record
- SN01799437-W 20090424/090422221939-ed4df6a90f51fc1ab0101143c7a1f24d (fbodaily.com)
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