L076--VISN 10 - Online Clinical Drug Information

The contract awards a commercial online clinical drug reference system to support Veterans Health Administration stakeholders in VISN 10, providing unified access to authoritative drug, disease, toxicology, and patient education data through a secure, web-based platform. The system must deliver real-time clinical decision support tools including drug monographs with dosing, adverse effects, black-box warnings, REMS compliance, hazardous drug screening per NIOSH and USP <800>, drug interaction severity ratings, pill identification, medical calculators, and patient education materials, all while maintaining 99% uptime and search response times of two seconds or less. No protected health information or personally identifiable information may be stored, processed, or handled by the contractor, and the system must fully comply with Section 508 accessibility standards, requiring submission of a current VPAT or ACR. The base performance period runs from July 15, 2026, through July 14, 2027, with four optional one-year extensions possible, extending the potential contract duration to five years, subject to FAR 52.217-8 and FAR 52.217-9 provisions. The estimated award value is $431,669.52 for the base period, with a maximum potential total value of $518,003.42, allowing for a 20% increase based on fluctuating demand or user expansion within the VISN. The solicitation is reserved exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses under a SDVOSBC set-aside, requiring offerors to affirm their status with a current SBA certification and complete the VAAR 852.219-75 Certificate of Compliance for Limitations on Subcontracting for services. Offerors must submit administrative, technical, pricing, and past performance volumes totaling no more than 30 MB via email to the contracting officer, with strict file naming conventions and prohibited formats like Excel or ZIP. Evaluation is based on a holistic trade-off approach considering administrative compliance, technical approach, past performance, and price, with price assessed using net present value but not serving as the sole determinant. Non-price factors use adjectival ratings, and awards are not made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis. Mandatory attachments include a completed Cover Page, VPAT/ACR, Past Performance Questionnaires, Price-Cost Schedule, OEM Authorization Letter, and system access credentials. Invoices must be submitted exclusively