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This is a Special Notice solicitation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central for annual subscriptions to three commercial web-based database resources: CINAHL Ultimate (nursing and allied health bibliographic information with full-text journals), Medline Complete (medical bibliographic information and full-text journals), and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (PBSC). These products will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system and shall include electronic textbooks and online full-text journals. The VA intends to conduct a sole-source procurement with EBSCO Industries Inc., located at 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA.
This procurement is designated as "Brand Name or Equal," allowing other responsible sources to submit capability statements, proposals, or quotations for consideration. The solicitation number is 36C77626R0083, with a response deadline of May 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Responses must be submitted to Contract Specialist Andrew Allen at Andrew.Allen6@va.gov or to the Contracting Office at 6100 Oak Tree Boulevard, Suite 490, Independence, OH 44131. The NAICS code is 519290 with a Small Business Administration size standard of 1,000 employees. No formal solicitation document is available, and the government reserves the right not to compete the procurement based on responses received.
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Special Notice Special Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| EBSCO Consolidated CINAHL Medline PBSC |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 44131 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C77626R0083 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 05-06-2026 10AM EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| R605 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 519290 |
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
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
| AGENCY’S URL |
| http://www.va.gov/ |
| URL DESCRIPTION |
| Department of Veterans Affairs Homepage |
| AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS |
| Andrew.Allen6@va.gov |
| EMAIL DESCRIPTION |
DESCRIPTION
CINAHL Ultimate, Medline Complete and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
FBO Notice: 36C77626R0083_1
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires “Brand Name or Equal” for the following commercial off the shelf web-based resources: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Ultimate which is a database containing nursing and allied health bibliographic information and access to full-text journals, Medline Complete which is a bibliographic information and full-text journal resource of journals focused on medicine, and a journal package focused on psychology and behavioral sciences; Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (PBSC). All three products will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit and negotiate with EBSCO Industries Inc., 10 ESTES ST, IPSWICH, MA. USA: to provide an annual subscription to CINAHL Ultimate, Medline Complete and PBSC. These products shall include sources such as electronic textbooks and online full text journals.
The procurement is being conducted by authority of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul 6.103-1 "soliciting from a sole source."
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 Wednesday May 6, 2025, 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
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