The Department of Veterans Affairs, Bay Pines Health Care System is conducting market research for the following requirement: Health Devices Online Services Subscription by the Bay Pines VA Health Care System. The contractor shall provide a resource database consisting of the following: a. Collecting of current online database information updated on an ongoing basis. b. Access is to be through IP address validation on an enterprise license for Bay Pines VAHCS staff elimination the need for user's to enter identification, user name and/or password. Number of simultaneous users is not restricted. c. Online collection consists of information that is accurate, authoritative, and relative to the needs of a modern and progressive healthcare system. d. The contractor shall provide services for unlimited institutional access for the Bay Pines VAHCS. Evaluation Criteria: The contractor shall ensure the online database links are operational and servers are available 24/7/ The agreement is for staff members at Bay Pines VAHCS to access to and use ECRI Institute's (or equal) online services for Health Devices. NAICS code is 519190 with a size standard of 500 employees. The period of performance is from April 01, 2013 through March 31, 2014. This is for a contract for a base plus four options. This synopsis is not a request for proposal. It is a market research tool being used to determine procurement strategy. Appropriate procurement strategy will be determined after consideration of industry response to this sources sought synopsis. The government is not obligated to, and will not, pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. Contractors interested in providing these services should submit their statement of interest to Lisa P. Nooner no later than 2:00 p.m., EST February 15, 2013. Response should be emailed to
[email protected] . All responses must include, at a minimum, the following information: a. Company's full name, address, telephone, and point of contact with email address. b. A statement indicating the offeror's interest in submitting a proposal. c. A statement indicating the offeror's ability to perform the services. e. Company size: small or large, HUBZone, 8(a), SDB, Woman-owned, Service disabled veteran-owned. Contracting Office Address: 10,000 Bay Pines Blvd, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33708. Place of Performance: Saint Petersburg, Florida, 33708 US Point of Contact(s): Lisa P. Nooner - 727-399-3343 or email:
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