SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- D--TAC-20-57212 - Research Networking Tool
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2019 2:27:58 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B) EATONTOWN NJ 07724 USA
- ZIP Code
- 07724
- Solicitation Number
- 36C10B20Q0045
- Archive Date
- 02/21/2020
- Point of Contact
- David Melton
- E-Mail Address
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david.melton@va.gov
(david.melton@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- The purpose of this Request for Information is to find vendors who can provide the Dimensions Plus SaaS solution or an equivalent solution based on the below listed requirements. If your response includes Dimensions Plus, please just respond saying that is the solution that you would be interested in providing if a solicitation were released. If the solution you are providing is an equivalent solution, please provide the salient characteristics to show how it is equivalent to the requirements stated below. In your response please provide your name, DUNS, and Socioeconomic size standard under NAICS code 541519 both 150 Employees and $27.5M and any vehicle that you may have a contract on such as the NASA SEWP V GWAC or GSA FSS 70. Please submit your responses to David.Melton@va.gov by 3:00PM ET Thursday November 21, 2019. **Please note this is just a Request for Information to and not a formal Solicitation.**PRODUCT REQUIREMENTSBACKGROUNDThe mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Research and Development (ORD) is to seek to increase collaboration between research and VA partners (local, regional, or national clinical, operations, or other healthcare system stakeholders) it is becoming clear that 1) research teams need an effective way to identify other experts across VA research, and 2) VA partners need a way to easily identify VA researchers who can help them investigate high-priority issues that affect the health and healthcare of Veterans. A Research Network Tool (RNT) would also provide significant value to:young investigators and Career Development Awardees, helping them learn about VA research nationally, and identify possible opportunities for collaborationcommunications/PAO/dissemination teams locally and nationally, looking for experts or recent publications in areas of interestCO research administrators seeking an understanding of research output.To meet operational goals, the ORD has a requirement for a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS)/Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for a subscription that enables an in-depth search of VA research experts, their expertise, published articles based on VA-funded research, and other publicly available data based on VA-funded studies. The solution shall be brand name Dimensions Plus or equal.Part NumberQuantity2019-URDP-2907-2101 12019-URDP-2907-2101 OY112019-URDP-2907-2101 OY212019-URDP-2907-2101 OY31MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND SALIENT CHARACTERISTICSThe Contractor proposed Publication/Citation/Researcher Networking Service COTS/SaaS solution shall meet the following requirements and include the following minimum features/capabilities:Spec #Description01General Functional RequirementsRNS.01.01The solution must provide users access to an online database of research products (linked publications, citations, grants, patents, clinical trials) in a searchable interfaceRNS.01.02The solution must provide a search that interlinks research objects by various categories such as topic, author, funding organizationRNS.01.03The solution must support a VA-only view of research objects created with or linked to VA-funded researchRNS.01.04The solution must allow for VA users to login to access VA-specific features and/or informationRNS.01.05The solution must support full-text search of publicly available scientific publications, grants, clinical trials, and policy documentsRNS.01.06The solution must allow for the filtering of results by publication year, field of research, and source publication titleRNS.01.07The solution must support data views of individual researchers, with publication counts and citationsRNS.01.08The solution must support the linking of researchers to their ORCiD and NIH profiles if availableRNS.01.09The solution must support and display publication metrics regarding news and social media coverage, such as the Altmetric Attention Score RNS.01.10The solution must support filtering publication records by funding institution, specifically displaying VA-funded published researchRNS.01.11The solution must provide data analysis views and visualizations for researchers, including information such as numbers of publications by year, other research related to the search terms, and scientific journals or other sources where related publications appear.RNS.01.12The solution must support the export of search results and/or citations in spreadsheet or other formatRNS.01.13The solution must enable the direct download of both open-access publications and those to which VA has an enterprise subscriptionRNS.01.14SaaS product has no direct connections or interfaces to VA systems or network Users consent to share their data (which may include PII and PHI) directly with the SaaS provider. SaaS provider must have published terms and conditions for user consent. VA providers access data in a view-only mode, or with limited functionality per the user s consent. All data processed by SaaS provider shall be owned by SaaS provider/user.NO VA DATASaaS product has no direct connections or interfaces to VA systems or networkUsers consent to share their data (which may include PII and PHI) directly with the SaaS provider. SaaS provider must have published terms and conditions for user consent. VA providers access data in a view-only mode, or with limited functionality per the user s consent. All data processed by SaaS provider shall be owned by SaaS provider/user.TYPE OF CONTRACTFirm-Fixed-Price (FFP)PERIOD OF PERFORMANCEDelivery of the SaaS subscription and installation shall be due no later than 90 days after award. The period of performance shall be 12-month base and three 12-month option periods.
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