R--Online Periodicals 1/1/2015-12/31/2015

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Activity VISN 22 intends to negotiate a commercial (FAR Part 12) Firm-Fixed Price, contract through a Request for Quote (RFQ) for Electronic IT Improved Access to Medical Knowledge Based Resources for Clinicians, Books and Journals, through Application Software Site Licenses and Subscriptions of On-Line Databases. This procurement is to improve and continue access to medical knowledge based resources for clinicians in VA VISN 22 Healthcare Systems based at VA Greater Los Angeles, VA Long Beach, VA Loma Linda, VA San Diego, VA Southern Nevada and their clinics. The requirement is for basic and advanced database search software that includes full text collections within the website for a one year period. Full text access includes all photographs, illustrations, charts, graphics and hypertext articles, between journal articles, as well as between MEDLINE and CINAHL and the full text collections. Advance database search includes vocabulary mapping that that automatically analyses user's natural language query and suggests appropriate controlled vocabulary terms for searching. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate. The period of performance for the online subscriptions shall be January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015.