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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 17, 2003 FBO #0626
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- R--ON LINE SUBSCRIPTION

Notice Date
8/15/2003
 
Notice Type
Solicitation Notice
 
Contracting Office
Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Capitol Network Acquisition Center, Contracting Officer, (688/90C), 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, District Of Columbia 20422
 
ZIP Code
20422
 
Solicitation Number
688-64-03
 
Response Due
8/29/2003
 
Archive Date
9/28/2003
 
Point of Contact
Contracting Officer - Dan McAuley, Contract Specialist, (202) 745-8543
 
E-Mail Address
Email your questions to Dan McAuley
(dan.mcauley@med.va.gov)
 
Description
The VISN #5 Acquisition Service Center intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR Part 6.302 to a firm by the name of UpToDate, Inc., for on-line subscription access to clinical resource information. On-Line subscription access provides a "Search engine" type benefit of over 300 medical journals, "Topic Reviews" comprised of over 6000 topic discussions (equivalent of more than 50,000 pages of text), graphics, Medline abstracts, and a complete drug database. On-line subscription also covers twelve medical specialties and subspecialties such as: Adult Primary Care & Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine; Endocrinology & Diabetes; Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Hematology; Infectious Diseases; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Oncology; Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine; Nephrology & Hypertension; Rheumatology; Family Practice. UpToDate's staff of in-house physicians provides reviews of over 300 medical journals and incorporates significant clinical findings daily with updates to be provided every four months. UpToDate provides speedy access to and unique presentation of queried information. This sole source procurement is for clinical subscriptions and database access. This will be a VISN #5 procurement, which includes VA Medical Center facilities located in Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Perry Point, MD; Martinsburg, WV. The intended contract will be for a base period plus two optional one - year periods. Qualified businesses other than the sole source company (UpToDate, Inc., 34 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481) must submit in writing, certification and sufficient evidence that they are able to provide all functionality and requirements listed herein including database access on or before Date 2003, 4:30 pm Eastern Standard Time.
 
Web Link
RFP 688-64-03
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=688-64-03)
 
Record
SN00402992-W 20030817/030815214006 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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