36C77626Q0135.docx

Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Program Contracting Activity Central

6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 490 Independence OH 44131

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Andrew Allen Andrew.Allen6@va.gov 216-447-8321

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

Special Notice

New England Journal of Medicine Subscription Modification

FBO Notice: 36C77625Q0135

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requests a modification to the commercial off-the-shelf web-based subscription to the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) titles. The subscriptions should be from the Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher and will be made available throughout the VA healthcare system. No other third party NEJM subscriptions will be accepted.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit and negotiate with GRAHAM ADVISORY NETWORK , 5300 ATLANTIC AVE, STE 106L, RALEIGH, NC, USA: to provide a modification to OY three to New England Journal of Medicine.

The modification is being conducted by authority of FAR Part 52.212-4 Changes, in addition to FAR Part 43.103(a) as well as 6.302-1.

The NAICS code for this procurement is 519290 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1,000 Employees.

This notice of intent to is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available, and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirements may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice.

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Responses to this notice are due on or before Thursday March 19, 2026, 10:00 a.m. EST to contract specialist, Andrew Allen at Andrew.Allen6@va.gov.

Contracting Office Address:

Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contracting Activity Central 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 490 Independence, OH 44131

STATEMENT OF WORK (MOD)

NEJM Journal Package Subscriptions March 2026

A. General Information Titles to include:

New England Journal of Medicine NEJM Catalyst NEJM Evidence

NEJM AI

NEJM Journal Watch

1.0 Introduction:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires a commercial off-the-shelf web based subscription to the NEJM titles. It must have full-text in a collection of electronic journals, The subscriptions should be from the Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher and will be made available throughout the VA healthcare system. No other third party NEJM subscriptions will be accepted.

Performance Period:

1.1 Objectives

The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a subscription to a collection of full text, electronic journal are as follows:

1.1.1 Providing access nationwide to a collection of full-text, electronic journal that will build on the enterprise-wide availability of knowledge-based resources in the National Core Collection of Online Resources available to all VA staff.

1.1.2 Initiating a nationwide, centralized purchase to capitalize on the economies of scale offered by vendors.

1.1.3 Negotiating one contract to decrease the current contracting and reviewing efforts that are required at the VA facility and/or VISN level. Thereby, avoiding the costs and workload associated with multiple procurements.

2.0 Scope of Work:

2.0.1 The vendor shall provide all sites on the VA network with access to a single online, web-based journals. Main authentication will be through VA gateway IP addresses. Secondary authentication will be based on Liblynx’s two IPs (157.230.189.45 and 162.243.143.27). These 2 LibLynx IPs must be included in any online subscription or purchase of any VA electronic acquisition All other access means must be approved in advance by the Library Network Office staff.

2.0.2 An unlimited number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any computer with internet access within VA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access also must grant access to the product. A username and/or password option must be offered for remote users if needed, very rarely.

3.1 Usability

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

4.3 Access, content, support

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

4.3.1.1 If product is not 508 compliant, vendor 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

4.3.1.2 If product is not 508 compliant, the vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant.

4.3.1.3 It is required that all authorized remote users (with VPN, wireless access, mobile devices etc.) have access to the product through any VA networked computer and/or VA’s Online Health Record.

4.3.1.4 Full-text articles should be available in PDF format.

4.3.1.5 Access to the titles should be up-to-date with no period of embargo to the full-text. The platform must be here https://www.nejm.org/medical-index and https://catalyst.nejm.org/. No other link to the above urls will be acceptable.

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

4.3.1.7 The product should be accessible via a variety of personal Internet mobile devices including Apple and Android.

4.3.1.8 Articles can be emailed among VHA colleagues and used for any educational purpose.

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