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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 31, 2012 FBO #3933
DOCUMENT

99 -- Nature Publishing Group eJournals or an Equal Product - Attachment

Notice Date

8/29/2012
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

519130 — Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Program Contracting Activity Central;6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300;Independence OH 44131
 

ZIP Code

44131
 

Solicitation Number

VA70112I0419
 

Response Due

9/5/2012
 

Archive Date

11/4/2012
 

Point of Contact

Jonathan Chisholm
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Proposed Scope of Work CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTHCARE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT i.Sources Sought Notice Introduction The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web based Nature Publishing Group eJournals or an Equal product that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. VHA's goal is to insure uniform availability of high quality, clinical healthcare knowledge based resources across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making. At this time, no solicitation exists. Therefore, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. Contractors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the below stated requirements should submit a response of no more than 5 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum that addresses the above information. In response to this Sources Sought, interested contractors shall submit the following information to Jonathan Chisholm via email at jonathan.chisholm@va.gov. Please provide the following information: A.Company Name and Address B.Company DUNS # C.Company point of contact, telephone, and email address. D.Socio-Economic Status - Indicate whether your company, subcontractors, teaming partners, joint ventures have a Federal Socio-Economic status, e.g., Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Disadvantaged Small Business, and Hub Zone. If Service-Disabled or Veteran Owned Small Business, is your company and or partners registered in VA's VetBiz repository? E.If the company holds a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract, list the GSA Contract Number and relevant SINS. F.Capabilities / Qualifications: Provide a written description of the capabilities/qualifications/skills your company possesses to perform services described in this Sources Sought. G.Past Experience - Provide the following information on three similar projects completed within the last three years for which the responder was a prime or subcontractor. a.The name, address, and value of each project b.The Prime Contract Type, Firm Fixed-Price, or Time and Material c.The name, telephone and address of the owner of each project d.A description of each project, including difficulties and successes e.Your company's role and services provided for each project. DISCLAIMER This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this notice that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought Notice. A.General Information 1.0Introduction: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web based, Nature Publishing Group of ejournals that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. VHA's goal is to insure uniform availability of high quality, clinical healthcare knowledge based resources across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making. Performance Period: One year award 1.1Objectives The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a commercial Nature Publishing Group eJournals or an equal product are as follows: 1.1.1Providing access nationwide to standard knowledge based clinical mental healthcare information resources will build on the enterprise wide availability of the web based version New England Journal of Medicine and other online journals. 1.1.2Initiating a nationwide, centralized purchase to capitalize on the economies of scale offered by vendors. 1.1.3Negotiating one license/contract to decrease the current contracting and reviewing efforts that are required at the facility and/or VISN level and thereby avoid the costs and workload associated with multiple procurements. 1.1.4Making these ejournals available through CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System), the VA's Electronic Health Record, nationwide to insure consistent access at the bedside for all VHA health professionals and staff. 2.0Scope of Work: 2.0.1The vendor will provide all sites on the VHA network with access to a single online, web-based product. Authentication will be through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. 2.0.2An unrestricted number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access have access to the product. 2.0.3Currently there are 153 VHA libraries providing remote access through Athens authentication service. Product should have technical capability to include Athens authentication for remote users. 2.1Information Scope The product should include: 2.1.1Knowledge based information covering medicine and other healthcare disciplines for use by healthcare providers. 2.1.2Information that reflects current practice issues and supports clinical decision making. 2.1.3Current awareness information for the healthcare professionals. 2.1.4Comprehensive information in a single product available for stand-alone purchase or license, independent of complementary or companion products offered by the vendor. 2.2Information Quality 2.2.1Information is accurate, authoritative, and relevant. 2.2.2Authors and sources are well recognized subject experts in their fields. 2.3Usability 2.3.1Navigation within the system is logical and is easy to use. 2.3.2The product has "user friendly" help and direction aids. 2.4Currency 2.4.1Journals will be maintained with the most current issues available with no embargo period. 2.5 Access, content, support 2.5.1Product is 508 compliant. (http://www.section508.gov/) 2.5.1.1If product is not 508 compliant, vendor must describe measures being taken to bring product into compliance and date, within 12 months of contract award, that product will be 508 compliant. OR 2.5.1.2. If product is not 508 compliant and vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant. 2.5.2Access to be granted through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. 2.5.3An unrestricted number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer throughout VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users (with VPN, dial-up, wireless, etc. access) have access to the product through any VA networked computer and/or CPRS. A username and/or password option must be offered for remote users if needed. 2.5.4The product is compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To insure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies. 2.5.5The product is compatible with the Windows environment. 2.5.6All site content and support of the web site is the responsibility of the contractor. This includes tech support to VHA users nationwide. 2.5.7System downtime is minimal and VA project manager is notified when such occurs. 2.5.8Information is easily printed. 2.5.9The product's licensing agreement must permit free use for educational purposes of all pictures and graphics. 2.5.10Single point of contact for customer service issues is assigned to VA 2.5.11Questions are responded to on the same business day. 2.5.12Usage statistics are available to the system administrator on an enterprise level. 2.5.13The product should be accessible via a variety of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) platforms including the Blackberry. 2.5.14Graphics, pictures, and/or images that are searchable are highly desirable. 2.5.15The contractor should offer training services. On an as requested basis, training session (web-based or live) will be set up to train VHA staff on use of the product. Specialized training sessions may be requested for VA library staff. 2.5.16Availability of usage statistics at an IP level is highly desirable. 2.5.17Information or text can be emailed among VHA colleagues.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA701-12-I-0419 VA701-12-I-0419.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=460475&FileName=VA701-12-I-0419-000.docx)

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