36C24C26Q0016.docx

SUBJECT*

Wiley Journals Subscription (Re-Compete)

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Regional Procurement Office Supplies and Services Division

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Erich T. Hoffman Erich.Hoffman@va.gov

(216) 447-8300

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

ADDRESS

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

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Sources Sought Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regional Procurement Office (RPO) Central Supplies and Services Division.is currently conducting market research to locate qualified and interested potential sources to provide enterprise-wide access to following Wiley Journals content: 2026 Medicine and Nursing Collection, Suicide & Life Threatening Behaviors, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Advances in Periodontics, Journal of Periodontology, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Hastings Center Report, and PM&R. This Sources Sought/Request for Information (SS/RFI) is for information and planning purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Please review the information contained herein and identify whether your company has the capability and interest to provide the services required. Responses will not be considered as proposals, nor will any award be incurred by interested parties in responding to this announcement.

Complete responses to this notice will assist the VA in determining any potential set-aside for the requirement. Not providing all information requested in response to this notice may result in the VA being unable to determine a vendor potentially capable of satisfying the requirement and, subsequently, if the “rule of two” criteria is not met, a specific set-aside category may not be decided by the Contracting Officer. To qualify as a small business under a small business set-aside contract, the offeror must be considered a small business under the NAICS code assigned to the procurement.

NAICS Code. 519290 (size standard: 1,000 employees).

Requirements. See attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW).

Submittal Information. Contractors having ability to meet this requirement in its entirety, shall provide the following:

1. Entity Information:

Company Name and Address:

Point of Contact (POC) Name:

POC Email Address:

POC Phone Number:

UEI Number:

2. Mark if your firm is eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs. If so, please indicate the program:

[ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business (SB) [ ] yes [ ] no - HUBZone [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business 8(a) [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Women-Owned (WO) Small Business [ ] yes [ ] no - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Large Business [ ] yes [ ] no - Other (please specify)

3. Are you an authorized reseller of the selected Wiley Journals listed above?

a. If yes, you must provide signed documentation supporting your authorization such as a notice from Wiley stating your company is an authorized reseller. The documentation shall be no more than two years old.

4. Does your company offer this service via a General Service Administration (GSA) contract?

a. If yes, provide the contract number or attach the contract to the response.

5. Describe in detail how your company will comply with the applicable Limitation on Subcontracting requirements (e.g., VAAR 852.219-75 for SDVOSB/VOSB set‑asides, FAR 52.219-14 for small business set‑asides). The response shall, at a minimum, address:

a. The percentage of the total contract value (excluding the cost of materials, as applicable) the prime will perform with its own employees.

b. The percentage of the total contract value that will be subcontracted to:

i. similarly situated entities; and

ii. all other subcontractors.

c. The percentage for labor, materials, and other direct costs, clearly identifying which portions will be incurred by the prime versus each category of subcontractor.

6. In addition to providing the information requested above, responding companies are encouraged to include any relevant information to confirm the company’s ability to meet the requirements outlined in this request.

Note: Do not include Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses.

It is requested that the above information be provided no later than Friday, July 3rd 2026, 13:00 Eastern. Responses should be emailed to Erich Hoffman at Erich.Hoffman@va.gov All Email Correspondence for this project must reference the Sources Sought Number, Project Identifier and Project Title in the subject line of the email. Example:

Sources Sought Notice: 36C24C26Q0016 Wiley Journals No phone calls will be accepted.

RESULTS INFORMATION: Sources Sought responses will not be returned, nor will respondents be notified of the Government's evaluation of the information received. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this Sources Sought.

DISCLAIMER: This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought Notice.

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Statement of Work Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration

Wiley Journals Subscription

January 2026

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires a commercial, off-the-shelf, web-based, full text, subscription to the following Wiley Journals content: 2026 Medicine and Nursing Collection, Suicide & Life Threatening Behaviors, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Advances in Periodontics, Journal of Periodontology, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Hastings Center Report, and PM&R, that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system.

VHA’s goal is to ensure uniform availability of high-quality, clinical healthcare knowledge-based resources across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making.

A title list is provided in Section B. of this document.

Note: The publisher, John Wiley & Sons, requires the VA to incorporate by addendum its “Enhanced Access Master Agreement” to any resultant task order.

2.0 Scope of Work:

The contractor shall provide an unrestricted number of simultaneous users on the entire VA computer network (including all current and future physical and remote addresses where current and future VA employees reside) with immediate access to a single online, web-based product from any web-enabled computer. A current list of addresses can be found at: http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/allstate.asp?dnum=1. Authentication shall be through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password.

The contractor shall provide access to the following:

· 2026 Medicine and Nursing Collection

· Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior

· Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

· Clinical Advances in Periodontics

· Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

· Journal of Periodontology

· Nutrition in Clinical Practice

· PM&R

· Hastings Center Report

3.0 Performance Period: 12-month base period plus four(4) one (1) year option periods to be exercised at the Government’s discretion.

4.0 Usability

· Searching and navigating within the system shall be logical and easy to use. Searching shall quickly retrieve material of high relevance. Users shall be able to search by journal title, volume, issue, year, and page numbers in addition to text or keyword searches.

· The product shall have “user friendly” help and direction aids.

5.0 Currency

· Journal issue access is made available by publication date.

6.0 Access, Content, Support

· Product is 508 compliant. (http://www.section508.gov/)

· If product is not 508 compliant, contractor must describe measures being taken to bring product into compliance and date, within 12 months of contract award, that product will be 508 compliant. OR

· If product is not 508 compliant, then the contractor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant.

· Access to be granted through IP address validation, referrer URL, or federated access on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password.

· An unlimited number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer throughout VHA.

· It is required that all authorized remote users (with VPN, dial-up, wireless access, etc.) have access to the product through any VA networked computer and/or CPRS. A username and/or password option must be offered for remote users if needed.

· The product is compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To insure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies.

· The product is compatible with the Windows environment.

· Full text articles shall be available in PDF format.

· All site content and support of the web site is the responsibility of the contractor. This includes tech support to VHA users nationwide.

· System downtime is minimal and VA project manager is notified when this occurs.

· Articles are easily printed.

· Questions are responded to within two business days.

· Usage statistics are available to the system administrator on an enterprise level.

· Availability of usage statistics at an IP level is highly desirable.

· The product shall be accessible via a variety of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) platforms including the Blackberry.

· Articles can be emailed among VHA colleagues.

B. Title List:

Core Collection titles included in this contract:

Clinical Advances in Periodontics (comes with Journal of Periodontology)

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Journal of Periodontology

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

PM&R

Hastings Center Report

Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior

2026 Medicine and Nursing Collection:

Academic Emergency Medicine

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Acta Ophthalmologica

Acta Paediatrica: Nurturing the Child

Acta Physiologica

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Addiction

Addiction Biology

Advanced Electronic Materials

Advanced Energy Materials

Advanced Healthcare Materials

Advanced Materials Interfaces

Advanced Materials Technologies

Advanced Optical Materials

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

AEM Education and Training

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Allergy

American Journal of Community Psychology

American Journal of Hematology

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

American Journal of Transplantation

Anaesthesia

Andrologia

Andrology

Animal Genetics

Annals of Human Genetics

Annals of Neurology

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Apmis

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Applied Psychology

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Arthritis & Rheumatology

Arthritis Care and Research

Artificial Organs

Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery

Asia-pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Australasian Journal On Ageing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Autism Research

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

Behavioral Interventions

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Bioethics

BioFactors

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Biological Reviews

Biology of the Cell

Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry

Biotechnology Progress

Bipolar Disorders

Birth

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

BJU International

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

British Journal of Dermatology

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

British Journal of Educational Psychology

British Journal of Haematology

British Journal of Health Psychology

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

British Journal of Pharmacology

British Journal of Psychology

British Journal of Psychotherapy

British Journal of Radiology

British Journal of Social Psychology

Cancer

Cancer Cytopathology

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Cell Biochemistry & Function

Cell Biology International

Cellular Microbiology

Chemical Biology & Drug Design

Child & Family Social Work

Child Abuse Review

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Child Development

Child Development Perspectives

Child: Care, Health and Development

Clinical & Experimental Allergy

Clinical & Experimental Dermatology

Clinical & Experimental Immunology

Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology

Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Clinical Endocrinology

Clinical Genetics

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Clinical Obesity

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Clinical Otolaryngology

Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (An International Journal of Theory & Practice)

Clinical Teacher, The

Clinical Transplantation

Colorectal Disease

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Congenital Anomalies

Contact Dermatitis

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Cytopathology

Dental Traumatology

DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology

Depression and Anxiety

Dermatologic Therapy

Developing World Bioethics

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Developmental Science

Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Diabetic Medicine

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Digestive Endoscopy

Drug and Alcohol Review

Early Intervention In Psychiatry

Echocardiography

Emergency Medicine Australasia

Energy Technology

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Epilepsia

Epileptic Disorders

Ethos

European Journal of Cancer Care

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

European Journal of Haematology

European Journal of Heart Failure

European Journal of Neurology

European Journal of Neuroscience

European Journal of Oral Sciences

European Journal of Pain

European Journal of Social Psychology

Experimental Dermatology

Experimental Physiology

FEBS Letters

Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer

Genesis: The Journal of Genetics and Development

Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Gerodontology

Haemophilia

Head & Neck: Journal for The Sciences & Specialties of The Head and Neck

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain

Health & Social Care In the Community

Health Economics

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Health Services Research

Helicobacter

Hematological Oncology

Hemodialysis International

Hepatology

Hepatology Research

Histopathology

HIV Medicine

HLA: Immune Response Genetics

Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental

Immunological Reviews

Immunology

Immunology & Cell Biology

Indoor Air

Infancy

Infant and Child Development

Insect Molecular Biology

Internal Medicine Journal

International Endodontic Journal

International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology

International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies

International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Clinical Practice

International Journal of Cosmetic Science

International Journal of Dental Hygiene

International Journal of Dermatology

International Journal of Eating Disorders

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

International Journal of Immunogenetics

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

International Journal of Nursing Knowledge

International Journal of Nursing Practice

International Journal of Older People Nursing

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

International Journal of Psychology

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

International Journal of Urological Nursing

International Journal of Urology

International Nursing Review

ISBT Science Series

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft

Journal for Specialists In Pediatric Nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Journal of American Geriatrics Society

Journal of Analytical Psychology

Journal of Anatomy

Journal of Applied Research In Intellectual Disabilities

Journal of Biophotonics

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Journal of Diabetes

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry

Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice

Journal of Evidence Based Medicine

Journal of Family Therapy

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Journal of Healthcare Risk Management

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry

Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Journal of Internal Medicine

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Journal of Medical Primatology

Journal of Medical Virology

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health

Journal of Neurochemistry

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Journal of Neuroimaging

Journal of Neuropsychology

Journal of Nursing Management

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Journal of Orthopaedic Research ®

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Journal of Periodontal Research

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Journal of Pineal Research

Journal of Policy and Practice In Intellectual Disabilities

Journal of Prosthodontics

Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Journal of Renal Care

Journal of Research On Adolescence

Journal of School Health

Journal of Sleep Research

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Liver International

Liver Transplantation

LUTS

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Medical Education

Medical Physics

Medicinal Research Reviews

Mental Health Weekly

Microcirculation

Microsurgery

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Monographs of the Society for Research In Child Development

Movement Disorders

Muscle & Nerve

Musculoskeletal Care

Mycoses

Near Surface Geophysics

Nephrology

Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface

Neuropathology

Neuropathology & Applied Neurobiology

Neurourology and Urodynamics

NMR in Biomedicine

Nursing & Health Sciences

Nursing Forum

Nursing In Critical Care

Nursing Inquiry

Nursing Philosophy

Nutrition & Dietetics

Nutrition Bulletin

Obesity

Obesity Reviews

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Oral Diseases

Oral Surgery

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology

Pain Practice

Parasite Immunology

Pathology International

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Pediatric Anesthesia

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Pediatric Dermatology

Pediatric Diabetes

Pediatric Obesity

Pediatric Pulmonology

Pediatric Transplantation

Pediatrics International

Periodontology 2000

Personality and Mental Health

Perspectives In Psychiatric Care

Perspectives On Sexual and Reproductive Health

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy

Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine

PhotonicsViews

Phytotherapy Research

Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Practical Diabetes

Prenatal Diagnosis

Prescriber

Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry

Proteomics Clinical Applications

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Psychogeriatrics

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Psycho-Oncology

Psychophysiology

Public Health Nursing

Research in Nursing & Health

Respirology

Reviews in Medical Virology

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science In Sports

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Seminars In Dialysis

Skin Research and Technology

Sociology of Health & Illness

Sonography

Special Care In Dentistry

Stress and Health

Surgical Practice

The American Journal on Addictions

The Breast Journal

The Clinical Respiratory Journal

The FEBS Journal

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management

The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

The Journal of Dermatology

The Journal of Gene Medicine

The Journal of Pathology

The Journal of Physiology

The Journal of Rural Health

The Laryngoscope

The Milbank Quarterly

The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

The Prostate

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Traffic

Transfusion

Transfusion Medicine

Transplant Infectious Disease

Transplant International

Trends in Urology & Men's Health

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Vox Sanguinis

WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

World Medical & Health Policy

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Xenotransplantation