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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 30, 2012 FBO #3932
DOCUMENT

99 -- Mosby's Nursing Consult Suite Package or Equal - Attachment

Notice Date

8/28/2012
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

519130 — Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Program Contracting Activity Central;6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300;Independence OH 44131
 

ZIP Code

44131
 

Solicitation Number

VA70112I0411
 

Response Due

9/4/2012
 

Archive Date

11/3/2012
 

Point of Contact

Jonathan Chisholm
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

STATEMENT OF WORK NURSING HEALTHCARE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT A.General Information 1.0Introduction: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web based, Nursing Healthcare Knowledge Product that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. For the purpose of this sources sought notice, these products must include sources such as electronic textbooks and online fulltext journals and other information on nursing treatment, diagnosis and therapy. This product's emphasis is on patient-oriented information, treatment guidelines, and patient health education resources. VHA's goal is to insure uniform availability of high quality, clinical nursing healthcare knowledge based resources across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making. Performance Period: One year award 1.1Objectives The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a commercial Nursing Healthcare Knowledge Based Resources are as follows: 1.1.1Providing access nationwide to standard knowledge based clinical nursing healthcare information resources will build on the enterprise wide availability of the web based version of ACP PIER Plus and New England Journal of Medicine. 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. 1.1.4Making this Nursing Healthcare Knowledge Product available through CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System), the VA's Electronic Health Record, nationwide to insure consistent access at the bedside for all VHA health professionals and staff. 2.0Scope of Work: 2.0.1The vendor will provide all sites on the VHA network with access to a single online, web-based product. Authentication will be through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. 2.0.2An unrestricted number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access have access to the product. 2.0.3Currently there are 152 VHA libraries providing remote access through Athens authentication service. Product should have technical capability to include Athens authentication for remote users. 2.1Information Scope The product should include: 2.1.1Knowledge based information covering nursing healthcare. 2.1.2Information that reflects current practice issues and supports clinical decision making. 2.1.4Comprehensive information in a single product available for stand-alone purchase or license, independent of complementary or companion products offered by the vendor. 2.1.5Related patient education material. 2.2Information Quality 2.2.1Information is accurate, authoritative, and relevant. 2.2.2Authors and sources are well recognized subject experts in their fields. 2.2.3"Best practice", evidence-based information, or treatment practice guideline information is included. 2.2.4Policies for determining validity and standards for inclusion of material are well described. 2.3Usability 2.3.1Navigation within the system is logical and is easy to use. 2.3.2The product has "user friendly" help and direction aids. 2.4Currency 2.4.1Books should be maintained with the most current edition available. 2.4.2Journals should be maintained with the most current issues available with no embargo period. 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. 2.5.2Access to be granted through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. 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. 2.5.8Information is 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 within two 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. 2.5.17Information or text can be emailed among VHA colleagues.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ISC/OISC/VA70112I0411/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA701-12-I-0411 VA701-12-I-0411.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=458730&FileName=VA701-12-I-0411-000.docx)

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Record

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