P03 JOFOC VISN04 redacted_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Justification for Single Source Awards IAW FAR 13.106-1 For

Over Micro-Purchase Threshold but Not Exceeding the SAT ($250K)

Acquisition Plan Action ID:

PR:

1. Contracting Activity:

Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Regional Procurement Office-East(RPOE), Network Contracting Office 4 (NCO4) provides contracting support the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN04 Office.

2. Brief Description of Supplies/ Services required and the intended use/Estimated Amount:

VISN04 requires a VISN-wide license for a subscription to MedBridge, a reference and teaching platform for VA rehabilitation service organizations for use across the VISN04 network and its Veterans Community Clinics including offsite/remote and mobile access. This platform is the access point for continuing education, live webinars, certification preparation, compliance, and patient education and will provide VISN04 physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech/language therapists with information to directly support patient care in the rehabilitation realm.

Total Estimated price for base plus 4 option periods:

3. Unique characteristics that limit availability to only one source, with the reason no other supplies or services can be used:

VA Central Office’s Library National Office will discontinue the current VA nation-wide contract for EBSCO’s Rehabilitation Reference Center which represented an opportunity to assess other rehabilitation resource platforms. VISN04 leadership requires rehabilitation providers have resources available to maintain licensure. Practitioners require, as determined by the applicable discipline, PCE to maintain licensure. The rehabilitation disciplines are: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Audiology, and Nursing. Such licensing requires participation in and completion of professional continuing education (PCE). Additionally, as part of these programs and, for the VA to continue to provide quality care for our nation’s veterans, provided rehabilitation services must include both in-clinic and interactive home exercise and education. Patient home exercise programs play a critical role in achieving optimal treatment outcomes.

The selected vendor MedBridge Education, LLC, 1633 Westlake Ave, N. Seattle, Washington 98109 is the only vendor capable of providing approved PCE for multiple rehabilitation disciplines. The MedBridge platform provides unique content and presentation of clinical and rehabilitation exercise animations combined with certified education unit and certification preparation modules. The platform also includes patient engagement content and the ability to provide patients with exercise video instruction via a mobile device app. No other platform assessed contained the same wide range of material available as a complete package. The MedBridge product is the only one which