DOCUMENT
R -- 520-16-2-055-0009 - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2015
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System;Network Contracting Office 16;400 Veterans Avenue;Biloxi MS 39531
- ZIP Code
- 39531
- Solicitation Number
- VA25615Q1150
- Response Due
- 10/15/2015
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2015
- Point of Contact
- Tina Harris
- E-Mail Address
-
Tina.Harris3@va.gov
(tina.harris3@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is an INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE only. The Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16, intends to issue a sole-source contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) - FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements), to UpToDate Inc., located at 95 Sawyer Road suite 120, Waltham, MA 02453-3471. Services will be from 02/01/2016 to 01/31/2017 under NAICS 519130. The Vendor shall provide: Statement of Work Access to an electronic clinical decision support (CDS) tool service is required to provide VISN 16 healthcare providers, medical professionals and other VISN 16 employees with the most current information within their specialties and subspecialties. The CDS tool must provide access to the most current options for diagnosis, management, therapies, and identification of the best screening and prevention strategies for, at minimum, the following specialties and subspecialties: Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Dermatology, Drug Information, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Family Medicine and General Practice, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Hematology, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology and Hypertension, Neurology, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Oncology, Palliative Care, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rheumatology, and Sleep Medicine. For each topic in the CDS tool, medical literature from a minimum of 90% the following journals will be reviewed and evaluated by a team of subject matter expert physician authors, editors and peer reviewers: AAP Grand Rounds, Academic Emergency Medicine, ACP Journal Club, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Acta Paediatrica, Addiction, Advances in Chronic Kidney Diseases, AHRQ, AIDS, AIDS Patient Care and STDs, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Allergy, Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, American Family Physician, American Heart Journal, American Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Gastroenterology, American Journal of Hematology, American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Journal of Human Genetics, American Journal of Kidney Disease, American Journal of Medical Genetics-Part A, American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, American Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy, American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), American Journal of Sports Medicine, American Journal of Surgery, American Journal of Transplantation, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Anaesthesia, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Anesthesiology, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Annals of Family Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Neurology, Annals of Oncology, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Annals of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Annals of Vascular Surgery, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Arthritis and Rheumatism, Arthritis Care and Research, ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Bipolar Disorders, Birth Defects Research, Blood, BMJ Open,, BMJ Open Gastroenterology, BMC Palliative Care, BMC Pediatrics, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Brain, Brain & Development, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Breast Journal (The), British Journal of Anaesthesia, British Journal of Cancer, British Journal of Dermatology, British Journal of Haematology, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG), British Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Psychiatry, British Journal of Sports Medicine, British Journal of Surgery, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Burns, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Canadian Medical Association Journal CMAJ JAMC, Cancer, Cancer Investigation, Cancer Research, Cell, Cephalalgia, Chest, Circulation, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Circulation: Heart Failure, Climacteric, Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Clinical Breast Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Clinical Colorectal Cancer, Clinical Endocrinology, Clinical Evidence, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), Clinical Lung Cancer, Clinical Lymphoma & Myeloma, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Clinical Nephrology, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Oncology, Clinical Pediatrics, Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Toxicology, Clinics in Chest Medicine, Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Clinics in Perinatology, CNS Drugs, Cochrane Library, Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, Contraception, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Pathways in Cardiology, Current Infectious Disease Reports, Current Oncology Reports, Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, Current Opinion in Critical Care, Current Opinion in Hematology, Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, Current Opinion in Oncology, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, Current Opinion in Pediatrics, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, Current Opinion in Rheumatology, Current Problems in Surgery, Cutis, Dermatologic Surgery, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Diabetologia, Digestion, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Drug Safety, Drugs, Drugs & Aging, Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, Emergency Medicine Journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Endocrine Practice, Endocrine Reviews, Endocrinology, Endocrinology Metabolism Clinics of North America, Endoscopy, Epilepsia, Epilepsy and Behavior, Europace, European Heart Journal, European Journal of Applied Physiology, European Journal of Cancer, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, European Journal of Endocrinology, European Journal of Pediatrics, European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, European Urology, Evidence-Based Practice, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Fertility and Sterility, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Gut, Gynecologic Oncology, Haematologica, Harvard Health Letter (The), Head and Neck, Heart, Heart Rhythm, Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, Hemodialysis International, Hepatology, Human Molecular Genetics, Human Reproduction, Hypertension, Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Integrative Medicine Alert, Intensive Care Medicine, International Journal of Artificial Organs, International Journal of Cancer, International Journal of Eating Disorders, International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer (The), International Journal of Obesity, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, International Journal of Urology, International Urogynecology Journal, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, JAMA Dermatology, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Neurology, JAMA Ophthalmology, JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, JAMA Psychiatry, Journal of Addiction Medicine, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American volume, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British volume, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, Journal of Cardiac Failure, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (The), Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Child Neurology, Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Family Practice, Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM), Journal of Geriatric Oncology, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, The Journal of Hepatology, Journal of Hospital Medicine, Journal of Hypertension, Journal of Immunology, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, Journal of Medical Toxicology, Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, The Journal of Pain, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Journal of Palliative Care, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism (JPEM), Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Perinatology, Journal of Personality Disorders, Journal of Rheumatology, Journal of Sleep Research, Journal of Supportive Oncology, Journal of Surgical Oncology, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (The), Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Journal of Urology (The), Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Journal of Vascular Surgery, Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care, Journal Watch Dermatology, Journal Watch Emergency Medicine, Journal Watch: HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, Journal Watch Infectious Diseases, Journal Watch Neurology, Journal Watch Oncology and Hematology, Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Journal Watch Psychiatry, Kidney International, Lancet Infectious Diseases (The), Lancet Neurology (The), Lancet Oncology (The), Lancet Psychiatry, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Lancet (The), Laryngoscope (The), Leukemia, Leukemia Lymphoma, Liver Transplantation, Lung, Lung Cancer, Lupus, Malaria Journal, Maturitas, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Medical Clinics of North America, Medical Letter (The), Medicine, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Medicines Complete, Melanoma Research, Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Movement Disorders, Muscle & Nerve, Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature Medicine, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Reviews Cardiology, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Nature Reviews Nephrology, Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Nephrology Dialysis, Transplantation, Nephron: Clinical Practice, Neurocritical Care, Neurology, Neurology Alert, Neuro-oncology, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncologist (The), Oncology: Perspectives on Best Practices, Ophthalmology, Osteoporosis International, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, Pain, Pain Medicine, Palliative and Supportive Care, Palliative Medicine, Pancreas, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Clinics of North America (The), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Dermatology, Pediatric Drugs, Pediatric Emergency Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Radiology, Pediatric Research, Pediatric Transplantation, Pediatrics, Peritoneal Dialysis International, Phamaceutical Medicine, Pharmacotherapy, Phlebology, Placenta, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Medicine-Cardiovascular Disorders, PLoS One-Cardiovascular Disorders, PLoS One-Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, PLoS One-Dermatology, PLoS One-Geriatrics, PLoS One-Gastroenterology and Hepatology, PLoS One-Hematology, PLoS One-Obstetrics, PLoS One-Oncology, PLoS One-Pediatrics and Child Health, PLoS One-Rheumatology, PLoS One-Women's Health, Post Reproductive Health: The Journal of The British Menopause Society, Prenatal Diagnosis, Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), Prostate, Psychiatric Services, Psychiatry Drug Alerts, Psychological Medicine, QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Radiology, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Rare Tumors, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Respiration, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Science, Selected Readings in General Surgery, Seminars in Dialysis, Seminars in Hematology, Seminars in Nephrology, Seminars in Oncology, Seminars in Perinatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Shock, Sleep, Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Review, Spine, Stroke, Supportive Care in Cancer, Surgery, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Surgical Clinics of North America, Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Thorax, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Thyroid, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Transfusion, Transplant Infectious Disease, Transplantation, Transplantation Proceedings, Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, Urology, Vasa, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Medicine Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Content for the CDS tool will be updated at least quarterly following a continual review of peer-reviewed journals, clinical databases and other resources. Updates will include specific statements and recommendations on how the new findings should be applied clinically. Content for the CDS tool will be original content. There will be at least two peer physician reviewers for each topic review produced by the physician author in original content. Content will be in searchable format that can be accessed in 5 minutes or less at the point of patient care contact. All the CDS options for diagnosis, management, therapies, identification of the best screening and prevention recommendations, and the quality of evidence will be rated using the International GRADE working group grading scheme. The CDS tool should include Patient Education handouts that can be reviewed with patients in the exam room, printed out as handouts or sent by email, graphics searching, drugs and drug interactions searching, and medical calculators. Unlimited access to the CDS tool for all VISN 16 users from any facility within VISN 16 should be provided. A firm-fixed price contract is needed for the one-year period of February 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement not later than10/15/2015 at 12pm CST, to Tina.Harris3@va.gov. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement VA256-15-Q-1150, Notice of Intent in the subject line. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. Responding as an interested party under the www.fbo.gov website doesn't constitute convincing evidence of capabilities. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal and facsimile responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. All interested parties are reminded to be registered with SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. No telephone calls will be accepted. If after OCTOBER 15, 2015, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, NCO 16 shall negotiate solely with UpToDate, Inc. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed price contract. A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed requirement shall be based upon responses received and is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition.
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