R499--Intent to sole source for Pharmacy Letter Subscription

Statement of work for Therapeutic Research Center Pharmacist s Letter and Pharmacy Technician s Letter Subscription GENERAL: Therapeutic Research Center (TRC) makes use of drug therapy experts in both practice and in academia, without any support from pharmaceutical companies or drug manufacturers in order to preserve their independence, to produce a unique package of evidence-based drug therapy information, pharmacy practice information, and continuing education opportunities for pharmacy clinicians. SCOPE: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System requires access to up-to-date drug therapy information, pharmacy practice information, and continuing education opportunities for pharmacy clinicians, all of which are supplied to pharmacy clinicians by TRC s Pharmacist s Letter and Pharmacy Technician s Letter. Each of these Letters includes both an online and a print edition, as well as a suite of other information services including CE courses that enable pharmacy clinicians to maintain required professional certification. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: The contractor shall provide: Online access for 74 or more pharmacists at www.pharmacistsletter.com and delivery of print copies of each edition of the Pharmacist's Letter to each pharmacist that requests it. Online access for 33 or more pharmacy technicians at www.pharmacytechniciansletter.com and delivery of print copies of each edition of the Pharmacy Technician s Letter to each pharmacy technician that requests it. Online access is to be through user name and/or password. Access to the database is also to be available from private PCs offsite and mobile devices. The contractor shall provide online statistics. The contractor shall provide training or marketing resources as needed. The contractor shall provide services for the period of performance awarded on the contract. The contractor shall ensure the database links are operational and servers are available 24/7.