Sole_Source_Justification.pdf

Sole Source Justification

1. Description of supplies, equipment or services required.

USUHS has a requirement for renewal for one year of our institutional license to access UpToDate – a database of over 7300 articles in 25 medical specialties written by clinicians and updated at least once a year. UpToDate must include remote access and fulltext article linking. UpToDate also offers CME credit, graphic searching and two levels of patient education information.

Department of State Medical Services

2. Estimated Value.

$57,769

3. What are the circumstances that support the selected exception to the requirement for full and open competition? (or skip to 4.)

4. If citing FAR 6.302-1, what unique capabilities does the proposed supplier possess which make it the only one capable of satisfying your need?

a. What is the unique feature?

Remote, electronic access over the internet to the database UpToDate for faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, students and two years worth of alumni.

b. Why is this unique feature necessary?

UpToDate is a unique clinical tool which includes over 75,000 pages worth of text and graphics on over 10,000 topics. It is continually updated and peer-reviewed by more than 6500 physicians. It is editorially independent and heavily used by our current students and faculty. They offer CME credits. They also offer graphical searching and patient education material. They have over 1500 patient education topics.

c. What other manufacturers' products or services did you consider?

We know of no other source for current access to this material.

Sole Source Justification

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