76 -- BOOKS, MAPS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Notice Date

December 20, 2000

Contracting Office

Directorate of Contracting, Services Division, 1850 Mekong Street, Fort Carson, CO 80913-4323

ZIP Code

80913-4323

Solicitation Number

DAKF06-01-T-0012

Response Due

January 2, 2001

Point of Contact

Patricia Collins, 719-526-2070

E-Mail Address

Patricia.Collins@carson.army.mil (Patricia.Collins@carson.army.mil)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is DAKF06-01-T-0012 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-20. This will be an unrestricted small business set-aside (SIC) NAICS Code/Size Standard: 42292/100. RFQ's should be quoted in accordance with the following: CLIN 0001: 1 each ACCESS REPORTS-FREEDOM OF INFORMATION; 1 each ACOG COMMITTEE OPINIONS (COMES WITH ACOG EDUCATION BULLETIN); 1 each AIR FORCE MAGAZINE; 3 each AIR FORCE TIMES; 2 each AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY; 1 each AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING; 1 each AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH; 1 each AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS; 1 each ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY; 2 each ARMY TIMES; 1 each BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES IN PSYCHIATRY; 1 each BNA HEALTH CARE DAILY REPORT (ONLINE); 1 each BNA HEALTH CARE FRAUD REPORT; 1 each BUDGET AND PROGRAM NEWSLETTER; 1 each BUSINESS AND HEALTH; 1 each CHANCE/NEW DIRECTIONS FOR STATISTICS AND COMPUTING; 1 each CITATION; 1 each CODING CLINIC FOR ICD-9-CM; 1 each COLORADO MANAGED CARE; 1 each COLORADO MEDICINE; 1 each COMPUTER WORLD (COMES WITH CLIENT-SERVER JOURNAL); 1 each CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY SERVICE (INCLUDES WEEKLY REPORT AND CQ ALMANAC); 1 each CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SCANNER; 1 each CURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS ONCOLOGY; 1 each DATA STRATEGIES & BENCHMARKS; 4 each DRUG TOPICS REDBOOK (2001); 4 each DRUG TOPICS REDBOOK UPDATE; 1 each EMPLOYEE BENEFITS JOURNAL; 1 each EMPLOYEE BENEFITS REVIEW; 1 each ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT REPORTER; 1 each EXECUTIVE REPORT ON MANAGED CARE; 1 each EXECUTIVE SPEAKER; 2 each FAULKNER & GRAYS MEDICINE & HEALTH; 2 each FEDERAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES; 1 each FEDERAL EMPLOYEES NEWS DIGEST-ONLINE; 1 each FEDERAL JOBS DIGEST; 5 each FEDERAL TIMES; 1 each FEDERAL YELLOW BOOK; 1 each GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AUDIT REPORT; 1 each HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW; 1 each HEALTH AFFAIRS; 1 each HEALTH TECHNOLOGY TRENDS; 1 each HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; 1 each HEALTHCARE TRENDS REPORT; 1 each HOSPITAL PAYMENT AND INFORMATION; 1 each HOSPITALS AND HEALTH NETWORKS; 1 each IDEAS UNLIMITED FOR EDITORS; 1 each INFORMATION MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (FORMERLY RECORDS MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY); 1 each INFORMATION OUTLOOK; 1 each INFOWORLD; 1 each IT HEALTH CARE STRATEGIST; 1 each JOINT COMMISSION BENCHMARK; 2 each JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; 1 each JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY; 1 each JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT; 1 each JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE; 1 each JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLITICS POLICY AND LAW; 1 each JOURNAL WATCH; 4 each KIPLINGER WASHINGTON LETTER; 1 each LANCET (NORTH AMERICAN ED); 1 each LAW OFFICE COMPUTING; 1 each LITIGATION; 1 each MANAGED CARE OUTLOOK; 2 each MANAGED CARE WEEK; 1 each MEDICAL BENEFITS; 1 each MEDICAL ECONOMICS; 1 each MEDICAL LETTER ON DRUGS & THERAPEUTICS; 1 each MEDICAL UPDATE; 1 each MILBANK QUARTERLY; 1 each MILITARY MEDICINE; 1 each NATIONAL UNDERWRITER; 2 each NAVY TIMES; 1 each NETWORK MAGAZINE; 1 each NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE; 2 each OAG BUSINESS TRAVEL PLANNER; 2 each OAG DESKTOP FLIGHT GUIDE; 1 each OBSERVER; 1 each ONE PERSON LIBRARY (PAPER COPY); 2 each PART B ANSWER BOOK; 1 each PART B NEWS; 2 each PC MAGAZINE (CD-ROM); 1 each PRIMARY CARE NEWSLETTER; 1 each PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS; 1 each PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW; 1 each QI TQM-QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; 1 each QUALITY ADVOCATE; 1 each REPORT ON MEDICAL GUIDELINES & OUTCOMES RESEARCH; 1 each SOFTWARE INDUSTRY REPORT-COMPUTER AGE; 1 each SUPREME COURT BULLETIN; 1 each SYS ADMIN INCORPS ROOT; 1 each TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT; 1 each TRANSPLANTATION; 1 each UNITED STATES LAW WEEK; 1 each USP DI VOL.I INFORMATION FOR THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; 1 each USP DI VOL.II ADVICE FOR THE PATIENT 1 BOOK; 1 each WEEKLY CONGRESSIONAL MONITOR; 2 each WORKING SMART; 2 each WORKING WOMAN; 1 each YEARBOOK AND DIRECTORY OF OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Subscription period: 1 January 2001 through 31 December 2001. Delivery will be to: TRICARE Management Activity Library, 16401 East Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011-9043 by 31 January 2001. Delivery will be FOB Destination. No substitutions are authorized. Advance payment is authorized in accordance with AR 37-107. The provision at FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, are applicable to this solicitation. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factor(s) shall be used to evaluate offers: Offerors shall be able to obtain and deliver all the required items (all or none). Offerors shall include with their offer a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (02/2000) is hereby incorporated by reference, and the following clauses are applicable and incorporated by reference: 52.213-2 Invoices, 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party. The DFARS clause 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration, DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions to Commercial Items, DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program, is applicable to this solicitation. The full text of the FAR references may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Responses to this RFQ must be signed, dated and received via electronic mail or fax by 2 January 2001 no later than 2:00 P.M. Mountain Time at the Directorate of Contracting, Mountain Post Support Division, 1850 Mekong Street (Bldg 6222), Fort Carson, CO 80913. Responses should be marked with the solicitation number and addressed to: Patricia Collins. Vendors not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award will not be considered. Vendors may register with CCR by calling 1-800-334-3414 or register on-line at www.CCR2000.com. Submit Cage Code and DUNS number with solicitation. For questions concerning this solicitation, contact Patricia Collins, Contract Specialist, at (719) 526-2070, fax (719) 526-5333, or e-MAIL at Patricia.Collins@carson.army.mil.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001222/76SOL001.HTM (W-355 SN509326)