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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF DECEMBER 14, 2013 FBO #4403
DOCUMENT

D -- Sources Sought NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND FULL-TEXT DATABASE - Attachment

Notice Date

12/12/2013
 

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

VA70114I0005
 

Response Due

12/22/2013
 

Archive Date

1/1/2014
 

Point of Contact

Kaylan Grove
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

In response to this Sources Sought, interested contractors shall submit the following information to Kaylan Grove, at kaylan.grove@va.gov, no later than December 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. EST. At this time, no solicitation exists. Therefore, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. Contractors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the below stated requirements should submit a response of no more than 5 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum, that addresses the below listed information. Please provide the following information: A.Company Name and Address B.Company DUNS # C.Company point of contact, telephone, and email address. D.Socio-Economic Status - Indicate whether your company, subcontractors, teaming partners, joint ventures have a Federal Socio-Economic status, e.g., Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Disadvantaged Small Business, and Hub Zone. If Service-Disabled or Veteran Owned Small Business, is your company and/or partner(s) registered in VA's VetBiz repository? E.If the company holds a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract, list the GSA Contract Number and relevant SINS. F.Capabilities / Qualifications: Provide a written description of the capabilities/qualifications/skills your company possesses to perform services described in this Sources Sought. DISCLAIMER This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this notice that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought Notice. BACKGROUND The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web-based database containing bibliographic and full-text journals information that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. This product must include a comprehensive collection of indexed, abstracted and full-text journal information. This product's emphasis is on nursing and allied health care patient-oriented information, treatment guidelines, continuing education, and other related health education resources. VHA's goal is to ensure uniform availability of high quality nursing and allied health care professional's knowledge-based resources across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making. SCOPE OF WORK The 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. An 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. Currently there are 152 VHA libraries providing remote access through Athens authentication service. Product must have technical capability to include Athens authentication for remote users. Information Scope The product shall include: Knowledge-based information covering the journal literature in the field of nursing and allied health care. Must include indexing and abstracting plus full text access when possible. Information that reflects current practice issues and supports clinical decision making. Comprehensive information in a single product available for stand-alone purchase or license, independent of complementary or companion products offered by the vendor. Information Quality Information is accurate, authoritative, and relevant. Authors and sources are well recognized subject experts in their fields. "Best practice", evidence-based information, or treatment practice guideline information is included. Policies for determining validity and standards for inclusion of material are well described. Usability Navigation within the system is logical and is easy to use. The product has "user friendly" help and direction aids. Currency Journals issues will be added at least monthly. Access, content, support Product is 508 compliant. (http://www.section508.gov/) If 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 If product is not 508 compliant and vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant. Access to be granted through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. An 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. The product is compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To insure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies. The product is compatible with the Windows environment. All site content and support of the web site is the responsibility of the contractor. This includes tech support to VHA users nationwide. System downtime is minimal and VA project manager is notified when such occurs. Information is easily printed. The product's licensing agreement must permit free use for educational purposes of all pictures and graphics. Single point of contact for customer service issues is assigned to VA Questions are responded to within two business day. Usage statistics are available to the system administrator on an enterprise level. The 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. Information or text can be emailed among VHA colleagues.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ISC/OISC/VA70114I0005/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA701-14-I-0005 VA701-14-I-0005_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1124436&FileName=VA701-14-I-0005-001.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1124436&FileName=VA701-14-I-0005-001.docx

 

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Record

SN03251058-W 20131214/131212235202-6cc218c21ec8abea83362283ba8f7697 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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