Purchase Order SP470123P0091

On September 28, 2023, the Defense Health Agency (operating under the Department of Defense's Troop Support function) awarded a $98,505 firm fixed-price purchase order to Uptodate, Inc., doing business as Wolters Kluwer Health Uptodate, for data collection services. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of October 1, 2026, was issued under a non-competed procurement with no small business set-aside. Uptodate, Inc., a foreign-owned subsidiary of the global professional information services provider Wolters Kluwer, specializes in providing evidence-based clinical decision support solutions, online medical reference databases, and comprehensive healthcare information resources to federal agencies. The work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This purchase order represents a task order or delivery against one of Uptodate's existing Indefinite Delivery Vehicle contracts, enabling the Defense Health Agency to procure specialized medical information services supporting clinical operations and healthcare decision-making across military health systems. Uptodate has established a significant track record with the federal government, holding multiple IDV agreements with agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Indian Health Service, with contract values ranging from thousands to nearly $28 million. The vendor's service offerings typically include point-of-care clinical resources, drug reference databases, and online medical subscriptions that provide medical professionals with access to current, evidence-based clinical information essential to federal healthcare operations.