Contracting Officer (90C), DVA Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233

70 -- FULL-TEXT JOURNAL DATABASE SOL RFQ 521-053-99(WT) DUE 081099 POC william threatt, (205)933 4490 WEB: FULL-TEXT JOURNAL DATABASE, WILLIAM.THREATT@MED.VA.GOV. E-MAIL: william.threatt@med.va.gov, william.threatt@med.va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL intends to negotiate with Bell & Howell Company, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, for renewal of a one-year subscription for a web-based, full image archival medical journal database for the period 10-1-99 through 9-30-2000. The database shall include but is not limited to the following features: Contents of journals should be presented in cover-to-cover images, in full color; provide full image of charts, maps, graphs, and photographs; PC accessible; provide access to documents in ASCII full text; graphic support through adobe acrobat reader; include access to journal titles covering general medicine, specialty areas, nursing, psychiatry, pharmacy, and consumer health; include institutional license for access by all VHA staff; contractor provided on-line journal access; unlimited access to the database and unlimited printing at no additional cost; copyright cleared articles; provide keyword search capability based on Boolean operators; capable of storing searches as well as sending search results across E-Mail; formatted for the novice user as well as advanced search tools for in-depth searches; archival database supply for more than the last five years of information; weekly updated information; customer service support available by phone and/or E-Mail; and the capability to calculate usage statistics. Any offeror purporting to be able to furnish this service may submit a written response demonstrating such capability by August 10, 1999. Responses should be mailed to the above referenced address or faxed to (205) 933-4489. Point of contact: W.Threatt, (205) 933 4490. Posted 07/01/99 (W-SN349397). (0182)

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