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ID: 36C77622R0134 • Type: Solicitation
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Description

Posted: Sept. 2, 2022, 10:04 a.m. EDT

The VA requires subscription-based access to a comprehensive core collection of knowledge-based information (clinical journals, databases, medical information, and textbooks) that facilitates the practice of evidence-based medicine to ensure the highest quality of patient care. The services being purchased are access to the Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins (LWW) Total Access Collection and a selection of British Medical Journal (BMJ) titles.

This solicitation is issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside

Posted: Aug. 31, 2022, 3:40 p.m. EDT
Background
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web-based product named Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (LWW) Total Access Collection and British Medical Journal Titles Subscription that will be made available throughout the VA healthcare system. The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a commercial LWW Total Access Collection Subscription are to provide access nationwide to standard knowledge-based clinical information resources, negotiate one license/contract to decrease the current contracting and reviewing efforts, and avoid the costs and workload associated with multiple procurements.

Work Details
The services being purchased are access to the Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins (LWW) Total Access Collection and a selection of British Medical Journal (BMJ) titles. The product includes online full text journals of the LWW Total Access Collection Subscription with no substitution of journal titles acceptable. The contract includes unlimited enterprise-wide access with no geographic or concurrent user limitations, content in both HTML and PDF formats, access to online-only supplements and images, detailed usage reports, acceptance of the 508 requirements, and specific journal title lists.

Period of Performance
One base period from 9/23/2022 to 6/22/2023, with four twelve-month option periods.

Place of Performance
Nationwide provision throughout the VA healthcare system.

Overview

Agency
Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) [VA - HQ]
Response Deadline
Sept. 7, 2022, 12:00 p.m. EDT (original: Sept. 2, 2022, 12:00 p.m. EDT) Past Due
Posted
Aug. 31, 2022, 3:40 p.m. EDT (updated: Sept. 2, 2022, 10:04 a.m. EDT)
Set Aside
None
NAICS
519130 - Internet Publishing And Broadcasting And Web Search Portals
PSC
R605 - Support- Administrative: Library
Place of Performance
Not Provided
Source
SAM
Current SBA Size Standard
1000 Employees
Pricing
Likely Fixed Price
Evaluation Criteria
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)
Signs of Shaping
The solicitation is open for 6 days, below average for the Program Contracting Activity Central.
On 8/31/22 Program Contracting Activity Central issued Solicitation 36C77622R0134 for LWW Total Access Collection and BMJ Subscriptions due 9/7/22. The opportunity was issued full & open with NAICS 519130 and PSC R605.
Primary Contact
Title
Contract Specialist
Name
Benjamin Niznik   Profile
Email
benjamin.niznik@va.gov
Phone
None

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Additional Details

Source Agency Hierarchy
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF > VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF > PCAC HEALTH INFORMATION (36C776)
FPDS Organization Code
3600-00776
Source Organization Code
100180033
Last Updated
Sept. 2, 2022
Last Updated By
benjamin.niznik@va.gov
Archive Date
Nov. 1, 2022