36C77626Q0193.docx

SUBJECT*

FY26 Various eJournals Subscription

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Program Contracting Activity Central

6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 490 Independence OH 44131

POINT OF CONTACT*

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

(216) 447-8300

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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

DESCRIPTION

Sources Sought Notice

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) is currently conducting market research to locate qualified and interested potential sources to provide enterprise-wide access to an existing, commercial, off-the-shelf, web-based electronic journal collection. 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 behalf 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 journals specified in the statement of work?

a. If yes, you must provide signed documentation supporting your authorization such as a notice from the publishers 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 Wednesday, May 20th 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: 36C77626Q0193 Various eJournals 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 2026 Various eJournal Subscriptions

A. Background/Description of Need:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing, commercial, off-the-shelf, web-based electronic journal collection. This requirement is for subscriptions from various Publishers that will be made available throughout the VA healthcare system.

The Library Network Office (LNO) has collected Medical and Health Sciences journal publishers’ content for the last eleven years. LNO subscriptions includes peer-reviewed journals in many medical specialties. Those journals are authored by renowned scientists, researchers, scholars, and professionals. Its journal content platform allows the user to browse by subject, and to drill down to the journal and individual title level.

The journal titles listed in Section B. were selected by VHA clinical staff as critical to providing reference information at the point of care/treatment used by them.

VHA’s goal is to ensure uniform availability to a subscription-based collection of high quality, clinical, full text electronic journals across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making at the point of care.

B. Scope of Work:

The contractor shall provide electronic access to the following list of titles:

· Journal of Clinical Oncology

· Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (JCP)

· Radio Graphics & Radiology Combo Subscription

The contractor shall provide all sites on the VHA network with access to a single online, web-based subscription to the journal titles listed. Authentication shall be through VA gateway IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification. Access must include the Liblynx IPs added to the collection of resources are presented. These journals must include VA Gateway IPs and LibLynx IPs 157.230.189.45 and 162.243.143.27.

The contractor shall provide an unrestricted number of simultaneous with immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access have access to the journals as well.

The contractor shall assure that journal(s) issue access is made available when the issue is posted online. Currency of content is a major consideration to VHA.

Access to the titles should be up to date with no period of embargo to the full text.

Articles can be freely shared or emailed among VHA colleagues.

C. Performance Period: Twelve (12) months from the date of award (one year).

04/03/26 – 04/02/27

D. Type of Order

Firm-Fixed Price (FFP)

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