U--Online Medical and Nursing Consultation service

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio, TX. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ), and the reference number is for an annual service contract for Online Medical service. Contractor will provide all parts, labor, transportation, supervision and insurance for the following items: (1 EA) One-year agreement for On-Line Service: MD Consult Core Collection plus the Pain Specialty Collection. (1 EA) One-year agreement for On-Line Service: Mosby's Nursing Skills. All items will be brand specific or an equivalent substitute. The MD Consult is an service that provides access to over 50 leading medical reference books, nearly 50 full-text articles along with simultaneous searching of MEDLINE and AIDSLINE databases, full-text articles in more than 30 Clinics of North America, full-text access for more than 30 Year Books and access to over 1,000 peer-reviewed practice guidelines. The Mosby's Nursing Skills service is an internet based service which will provide: customized content according to the policies of the VA Hospital, Several ways to format content including PDF, Quick sheet, Extended text, video, animations, illustrations and photos. This service also provides interactive competency tests that are all customizable by the educator. It will also offer Competency checklists, patient education handouts, assigned skills capability, announcements features, administrative functions, interactive performance tracking, archival access to past versions of skills, spellchecker dictionary and the ability for an organization to create their own new skills modules. ALL OFFERORS ARE TO INCLUDE A COMPLETED COPY OF THE PROVISIONS AT 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS WITH OFFER. The following FAR clauses and provisions are applicable to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercials Items; The following FAR clauses identified at paragraph b of 52.212-5 are considered checked and are applicable to this acquisition: section (b) (1), (5), (15-19), (21),(24i)(27i-27ii), (29), (35), 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration; 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal, 52.247-34 F.O.B. - Destination, 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations,52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended, 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, 52.228-5 Insurance--Work on a Government Installation, VAAR clauses; 852.211-77 Brand name or equal, 852.211-70 Requirements for Operating and Maintenance Manuals, 852.211-71 Guarantee Clause, and 852.270-4 Commercial Advertising. Wage Determination No.: 2005-2519 Revision No.: 3 applies. Proposals shall be submitted on company letterhead NLT COB November 9, 2007, via the below address or facsimile. The full text of previous clauses may be accessed electronically at this address: www.arnet.gov/far. For any further information contact the contracting officer, Jeffrey Haubenreiser at +1 (555) 000-0000, fax +1 (555) 000-0000 or South Texas Veterans Health Care System 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78229. Quotes should be marked with the request for quote number VA-257-08-RQ-0035, F.O.B. destination. Oral Quotes will not be accepted, faxed quotes must be followed up with a verbal or email confirmation of receipt. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining any amendments that may be generated for this RFQ. Signing up for the bidders list in FedBizOpps will automatically electronically provide you with any amendment notification to this solicitation. The successful offeror must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be awarded a contract. You may register in CCR easily and quickly on-line at http://www.ccr.gov.