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Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Sources Sought Notice Cloud-Based Interactive Digital Documentation Tool This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. Thi... Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Sources Sought Notice Cloud-Based Interactive Digital Documentation Tool This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solely for the purpose of conducting market research to enhance VHA s understanding of the market s offered products, services and capabilities. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted in response to this Sources Sought. This Sources Sought notice provides an opportunity for respondents to submit their notice of ability, and their available services in response to the requirement described below. Vendors are being invited to submit information relative to their potential of fulfilling the requirement below, in the form of a capability response that addresses the specific requirement identified in this Sources Sought. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking a vendor to provide the following products and/or services below. Please see the General Requirements section below for the requested products/services and descriptions. This Sources Sought is to facilitate the Contracting Officer s review of the market base, for acquisition planning, size determination, and procurement strategy. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Interactive Digital Documentation Tool licenses for VA Medical Centers under VA, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 10. Enables Veterans Affairs employees to create interactive digital documentation. The software can be used to create, publish and update training manuals, sales and marketing materials, internal communications and white papers. It allows content creators to control access to documents, define user permissions and track reader engagement information. In addition, the contractor will provide webinar training of approximately three hours for instruction on how to use the software. The total estimated price of the software is $39,500 plus webinar training. All software maintenance and technical support for the subject software shall be included and continue concurrently under the existing contract at no additional cost to the Government. The contract s period of performance is October 01, 2019 through October 01 2020, inclusive of a 12 month base period and two 12 month option periods for continued training and software maintenance support. Digital communication tool will help business and clinical VA Employees create the communication content needed for their jobs that will improve the Veterans experience and better health care. Mission Essential Function. Communications are created using a drag and drop interface that seamlessly updates whenever necessary Information can always be up-to-date and easily accessible Without needing specific expertise in web or content design Process improvement perspective All VA Employees can use to communicate content in real time Intuitively layer into a primary file images, audio/video clips, PDF files, 360° images, text, diagrams, maps, and more. Financial perspective No Hardware No Support of the hardware employee satisfaction perspective Consolidate your static documents Completing a project View on computer or mobile device Veteran satisfaction perspective Timely communications with current health care Learning and growth perspective Provides analytics to track what people are most interested in and interacting with Performance measures Available to all VA Employees Program provides analytics to track what people are most interested in and interacting with. Directives VA Directive 6515, Use of Web-Based Collaboration Technologies VA Directive 6102, Internet/Intranet Services VA Directive 6500, Managing Information Security Risk: VA Information Security Program Empower Veterans to Improve their Well Being; (2) Enhance and Develop Trusted Partnerships; (3) Manage and Improve VA Operations and Deliver Seamless and Integrated Support. Agency Priority Goals: (1) Improve Veteran Experience with VA; (2) Veteran Access to Benefits: Improve Dependency Claims Processing; (3) Improve Access to Health Care as Experienced by the Veteran; (4) Improve VA s Health Administration. Shall be installed on a VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC). Primary hosting environment for: SaaS, cloud applications Currently offers two environments Amazon Web Services (VAEC-AWS) and Microsoft Azure (VAEC-Azure) RESPONSE COMMITMENT Response: All responses should be directed to maryjane.crim@va.gov. Submittals furnished will not be returned to the sender. No debriefs will be conducted. Eligibility in participating in a future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice. Proprietary information is neither requested nor desired. If such information is submitted, it must clearly be marked "proprietary" on every sheet containing such information, and the proprietary information must be segregated to the maximum extent practicable from other portions of the response (e.g., use an attachment or exhibit). Timeline: This request will close on stated date within the Government Point of Entry (GPE). Notes: 1. This Sources Sought is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will follow. The Department of Veterans Affairs will use the information submitted in response to this notice at its discretion and will not provide comments to any submission; however, The Department of Veterans Affairs reserves the right to contact any respondent to this notice for the sole purpose of enhancing The Department of Veteran Affairs understanding of the notice submission. 2. The content of any responses to this notice may be reflected in any subsequent solicitation, except for content marked or designated as business confidential or proprietary which will be fully protected from release outside the government. The Department of Veteran Affairs Contracting Office POC: Mary Jane Crim Contracting Officer Email: maryjane.crim@va.gov