SOURCES SOUGHT
76--76 -- ARCHIVED JOURNALS ONLINE
- Notice Date
- 1/22/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Contracting Officer, (04A-H), 7180 Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206
- ZIP Code
- 15206
- Solicitation Number
- 244-06-01773
- Response Due
- 1/31/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/2/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Ovid Technologies Inc. 100 River Ridge Drive, Norwood, MA 02062-5054 for the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Legacy Archive License. The LWW (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) Journal Legacy Archive, is one of the world?s largest single database aggregations of searchable peer-reviewed journals. The LWW Journal Legacy Archive features more than 3 million pages of information?over 800,000 articles of original research, reviews, notes, letters, and case studies?from 220 journals in a wide range of medical, clinical, and healthcare specialty areas, including nursing, cardiology, infectious disease, and surgery. Key features of the Archive include: Hard-to-find, pioneering literature from Nobel Prize winners and other renowned innovators. Integration with Journals@Ovid - users can search the Legacy Archive simultaneously with other Journals@Ovid resources for more comprehensive results. Superior, easy-to-read PDF pages including text and images, such as photos, illustrations, and charts in gray scale. The LWW Journal Legacy Archive will give researchers immediate access to more than 35,000 issues containing more than 800,000 articles of original research, reviews, case studies, notes, and letters. This collection will not only support medical care and research at VA Pittsburgh; it will also enable us to discard print copies of any of these volumes which we own because we will retain permanent access rights to this collection. The LWW Journal Legacy Archive is exclusive to Journals@Ovid, Ovid Technologies, Inc. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. Vendors who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide the LWW Journal Legacy Archive as described above, may notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, no later than 2:00 P.M. on January 31, 2007. Such notification must include a complete description , including narrative and capabilities described above. Responses may be sent to Kathleen.Policicchio@va.gov or mailed to Kathleen Policicchio, Contracting Officer, (04A1-H), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 7180 Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Information received will be for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the VAPHS Contracting Officer. This procurement is pending availability of funds.
- Place of Performance
- Address: VA UNIVERSITY DRIVE C PITTSBURGH PA 15240
- Zip Code: 15240
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 15240
- Record
- SN01216509-W 20070124/070122220340 (fbodaily.com)
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