Web-Based Clinical Reference Resource

The VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System on behalf of VISN 16 intends to award a sole source contract, under the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1(c) to a firm doing business as "MD Consult" for an on-line subscription access to the following data: Medical Reference Texts: Full-text access is provided for over 42 leading medical reference texts. Journals: The service provides access to the full-text articles of more than 50 clinical journals and over 45 Year Book titles, along with simultaneous searching of MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, HealthSTAR, and CANCERLIT databases. Practice Guidelines: Provides consolidated access to full-text clinical practice guidelines from over 50 organizations. Patient Education: More than 3,000 customizable patient education handouts. Drug Information: Mosby's GenRx drug database integrated into the larger service. Today in Medicine: Daily medical news stories substantially edited and embellished by MD Consult. What Your Patients are Reading: A weekly summary of medical stories in the lay press, designed to assist clinicians in preparing for patient questions. In This Week's Journals: The current table of contents from influential medical journals, with article summaries. Clinical Topic Tours: Weekly reviews of significant clinical subjects including extensive bibliographies and online full-text content. CME Center: Over 300 Category 1 CME modules. SEARCHING INTERFACE: Search every area of MD Consult Simultaneously to retrieve answers from over $30,000 worth of resources. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by submitting their capabilities in writing to the Contracting Officer on March 25, 2003 by 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Fax submission will be allowed. All qualified offerors shall be considered. If no responses are received by March 25, 2003, the VA shall proceed with negotiations with MDConsult.