76--Online Subscriptions

The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinsburg, WV, intends to negotiate a sole source procurement with Ovid Technologies Ltd., 9350 S 150 E, STE 200, Sandy, UT 84070-2705 under the authority of FAR 6.302. This acquisition will be accomplished using commercial item procedures in accordance with FAR Part 12. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 519120 and the business size standard is $6.5M. The contractor will provide online service for access to databases, journals and textbook subscriptions from Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins to the VAMC Martinsburg WV. Period of performance will be 12/31/08 through 12/30/09. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive offers. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, interested parties have until 10:00 AM local time, December 30, 2008 to submit, in writing, their interest, qualifications/capabilities, and literature, detailing how their online subscription services will meet VA requirements to the contracting office or by fax 304-264-3997. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no responses are received, the VA will proceed with the sole source procurement.