Clinical Portal of Medical Information - R605   3

Background
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial, off the shelf, web based client Clinical Portal of Medical Information that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. The Clinical Portal of Medical Information is a specific collection of scholarly materials available digitally that provides access to a multitude of medical titles and journals. The overall goal of this acquisition is to support the Network Library, the VACO Library, and approximately 153 VA Medical Centers (VAMC) by fulfilling a requirement for the titles contained within the Clinical Portal of Medical Information. This subscription was previously procured and is used by the VA medical staff; this procurement will allow continued use of these journals.

Work Details
The scope of work consists of providing subscription services needs for two Office of Health Informatics (OHI) offices; LNO and VA Central Office (VACO) Library. Subscriptions for LNO consist of online books, journals and databases with access being provided to all department employees. The VACO Library online and print subscriptions are made available to central office staff. This effort falls in line with VA’s mission, goals, and objectives in support of providing Veterans’ care.

Period of Performance
The period of performance shall be a nine (9) month base period plus four (4) twelve (12) month option periods.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) where the contract will be performed is not explicitly provided in the solicitation.