DOCUMENT
99 -- Elsevier or Equal Subscription RFI - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2012
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Program Contracting Activity Central;6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300;Independence OH 44131
- ZIP Code
- 44131
- Solicitation Number
- VA70112I0257
- Response Due
- 6/14/2012
- Archive Date
- 8/13/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan Chisholm
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1.0 Introduction: This sources sought notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VA is currently conducting market research to locate qualified, experienced and interested potential sources. Responses will not be considered as proposals, nor will any award be incurred by interested parties in responding to this sources sought announcement. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking interested sources (contractors) for a near-future solicitation and procurement for a VHA wide subscription to the Elsevier Medical Database or an equal product. At this time no solicitation exists. Therefore, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. Performance Period: One year subscription plus a one time purchase of backfile ejournal content of approximately 500 journal titles included in the attached Excel file. 1.1Objectives The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a commercial Elsevier Collection Subscription or equal are as follows: 1.1.1Providing access nationwide to standard knowledge based clinical information resources will build on the enterprise wide availability of the New England Journal of Medicine and other web based knowledge-based resources. 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. 2.0Scope of Work: Note: No substitution of journal titles is acceptable. The web-based version of the Elsevier Clinical Key Collection Subscription or equal providing the following: "Unlimited enterprise-wide access with no geographic or concurrent user limitations "Content in both HTML and PDF formats "Access to online-only supplements and images "Detailed usage reports Titles include: See Attached Excel File "Required Titles"
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ISC/OISC/VA70112I0257/listing.html)
- Document(s)
- Attachment
- File Name: VA701-12-I-0257 VA701-12-I-0257.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=357012&FileName=VA701-12-I-0257-000.docx)
- Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=357012&FileName=VA701-12-I-0257-000.docx
- File Name: VA701-12-I-0257 REQUIRED TITLES.XLS (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=357013&FileName=VA701-12-I-0257-001.XLS)
- Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=357013&FileName=VA701-12-I-0257-001.XLS
- Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
- File Name: VA701-12-I-0257 VA701-12-I-0257.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=357012&FileName=VA701-12-I-0257-000.docx)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National
- Zip Code: N/A
- Zip Code: N/A
- Record
- SN02769876-W 20120609/120608000403-271850d79b64d893cd96223ee52c50c2 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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