P09 - 2023 SOW Thieme Backfiles 2018-2022.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

2023 IGCE Full Text Electronic Thieme Journal Backfiles

1. Introduction:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires a web based, full text, electronic journal of Seminars of Reproductive Medicine 2018-2022 Backfile that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system.

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

2. Performance Period: one time Purchase

3. Type of Contract: Firm Fixed Price.

4. Place of Performance: Not Applicable

5. Product Description:

The requirements of the electronic journals are as follows:

· Access shall be granted through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. For remote access, product should be Athens accessible.

· An unrestricted number of simultaneous users shall have immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access have access to the product.

· The product shall be compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To ensure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies.

· The product shall be compatible with the Windows environment.

· All site content and support of the web site shall be the responsibility of the contractor. This includes tech support to VA users nationwide.

· System downtime shall be minimal and VA project manager shall be notified when such occurs.

· Single point of contact for customer service issues shall be assigned to VA

· Usage statistics shall be available to the system administrator on an enterprise level.

· The product shall be accessible via a variety of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) platforms.

· Product shall be 508 Compliant

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