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The Medical Readiness Contracting Office - Pacific intends to issue a solicitation for a firm fixed-price, non-personal services contract for electronic database renewal services to support the Medica...
The Medical Readiness Contracting Office - Pacific intends to issue a solicitation for a firm fixed-price, non-personal services contract for electronic database renewal services to support the Medical Library, at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. This requirement is for a period of performance from 1 March 2023 – 29 February 2024 (base period), with two (2) one-year option periods. Required qualifications includes but is not limited to: (1) This requirement is for annual subscription services for several electronic databases to a single address for domestic databases in electronic format, to include average price index and electronic data exchange. Services purchased under this contract shall be for official Government use only. (2) The requirement is for two (2) basic services; (1) Basic Annual Subscription Services and (2) Specialized Electronic Access Services. a. Basic Annual Subscription Services. These services include placing annual orders for databases, pre-paying publishers, providing administrative assistance in access and other routine areas of communication with publishers regarding databases ordered, and providing management reports and related assistance in managing database subscriptions. Contractor shall provide basic subscription services to execute and manage orders for new and renewal subscriptions to serial publications, both print and electronic. These tasks fall into the following four critical areas: i. Ordering and renewing the following database subscriptions for one-year terms: 1. BoardVitals (Publisher: Stat!Ref/Teton Data Systems) 2. PEPID – Emergency Medicine Platinum (Publisher: PEPID LLC) 3. VisualDX (Publisher: VisualDX) ii. Making timely prepayments to the database publishers and invoicing Tripler in an accurate and timely manner. iii. Facilitating timely access to, and claiming delivery of ordered subscriptions, both print and electronic. iv. Providing reports and other administrative support for serials management. b. Specialized Electronic Access Services. The contractor shall provide a URL link to electronic databases. Tripler Medical Library requires the following systems and services for managing Web access to electronic publications (e-databases): links resolution and management; access to and management of information about customer’s licenses; special customized collection reports, ILS (Integrated Library System) integration services; and similar services. The contractor will provide customer specific solutions to ordering, access, and maintenance of electronic journals. Any assistance offered by a subscription agent regarding licensing shall be offered. Pricing formulas shall be predefined where possible. Specialized Electronic Access Services covers electronic and Web-based interactive tools for electronic publications access and management. Services offered under this category may include the following: i. Transparent access to these electronic databases; no vendor interface is required ii. Support for Licenses, including full text of licenses iii. User Authorizations for access to usage data, management reports, and subscription price information. The proposed acquisition will be full and open competition. The NAICS code for this proposed procurement is 519210 and the annual size standard is $18.5M. No paper copies of the solicitation will be issued and no solicitation mailing list will be compiled. The Contracting Officer is Mr. Tae Kim, (808) 438-5131, tae.h.kim76.civ@health.mil, and the Contract Specialist is Ms. Jody Yamamoto, (808) 438-5126, jody.m.yamamoto.civ@health.mil.
