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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 24, 2011 FBO #3407
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R -- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FOR ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL DIETETICS AND NUTRITION TERMINOLOGY REFERENCE MANUAL - Attachment

Notice Date

3/22/2011
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

813920 — Professional Organizations
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Program Contract Activity Central;4141 Rockside Rd, Suite 110;Seven Hills OH 44131
 

ZIP Code

44131
 

Solicitation Number

VA70111RQ0122
 

Archive Date

5/21/2011
 

Point of Contact

Bernadette Bodzenta
 

E-Mail Address

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Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

STATEMENT OF WORK International Dietetics and Nutrition Terminology Reference Manual, Third Edition Resource A.General Information 1.0Introduction: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires access to the International Dietetics and Nutrition Terminology Reference Manual, Third Edition via the internet. The rationale behind the value of this manual is that VHA Nutrition and Food Services has adopted the American Dietetic Association's nutrition care process, as the standardized nutrition process to improve patient outcomes and terminology. Therefore it is the expectation of VHA for all dietitians to use this manual. Performance Period: Purchase of online edition. 1.1Objectives To make available access to this resource to support direct patient care activities of VHA. 2.0Scope of Work: "No seat limit access "access to Edition 3 "Specific link to product with password once payment confirmed 2.2Information Quality 2.2.1Information is accurate, authoritative, and relevant 2.2.2Authors and sources are well recognized subject experts in their fields. 2.2.3Topics are presented succinctly, but with adequate detail to be useful to clinicians. 2.2.4"Best practice" or evidence-based information is included in recommendations for diagnosis or therapy. 2.2.5Policies for determining validity and standards for inclusion of material are well described. 2.2.6Guidelines and summaries include references or sources. 2.2.7When necessary to the topic, images, tables and diagrams are available and clearly shown. 2.3Usability 2.3.1Navigation within the system is logical and is easy to use. There is fast access to topics and subtopics. Topic linking or indexing retrieves material of high relevance quickly. 2.3.2The product has "user friendly" help and direction aids. 2.4Currency 2.4.1The date a topic was last reviewed for content is stated and easily found. 2.5 Access, content, support 2.5.1Product is 508 compliant. (http://www.section508.gov/) 2.5.1.1If product is not 508 compliant, vendor must describe measures being taken to bring product into compliance and date, within 12 months of contract award, that product will be 508 compliant. OR 2.5.1.2. If product is not 508 compliant and vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant. 2.5.3An unrestricted number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer throughout VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users (with VPN, dial-up, wireless, etc. access) have access to the product through any VA networked computer and/or CPRS. A username and/or password option must be offered for remote users if needed. 2.5.4The product is compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To insure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies. 2.5.5The product is compatible with the Windows environment. 2.5.6All site content and support of the web site is the responsibility of the contractor. This includes tech support to VHA users nationwide. 2.5.7System downtime is minimal and VA project manager is notified when such occurs. 2.5.8Topics are easily printed. 2.5.9The product's licensing agreement must permit free use for educational purposes of all pictures and graphics. 2.5.10Single point of contact for customer service issues is assigned to VA 2.5.11Questions are responded to on the same business day. 2.5.12Usage statistics are available to the system administrator on an enterprise level. 2.5.13The product should be accessible via a variety of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) platforms including the Blackberry. 2.5.14Graphics, pictures, and/or images that are searchable are highly desirable. 2.5.15The contractor should offer training services. On an as requested basis, training session (web-based or live) will be set up to train VHA staff on use of the product. Specialized training sessions may be requested for VA library staff. 2.5.16Availability of usage statistics at an IP level is highly desirable. 2.5.17Topics can be emailed among VHA colleagues.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ISC/OISC/VA70111RQ0122/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA-701-11-RQ-0122 VA-701-11-RQ-0122_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=184891&FileName=VA-701-11-RQ-0122-000.docx)

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Record

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