P09 - SOW for NEJM.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

NEJM Journal/ Catalyst Journal Subscriptions

A. General Information

1.0 Introduction:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires a commercial off-the-shelf web based. It has full-text, and a collection of electronic journals, The subscription should be from the Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher and will be made available throughout the VA healthcare system. Here are the links that must be provided, found at https://www.nejm.org/medical-index and https://catalyst.nejm.org/

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

Performance Period: 02/15/2023 – 02/14/2024 plus 3 Option Years

1.1 Objectives

The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a subscription to a collection of full text, electronic journal are as follows:

1.1.1 Providing access nationwide to a collection of full-text, electronic journal that will build on the enterprise-wide availability of knowledge-based resources in the National Core Collection of Online Resources available to all VA staff.

1.1.2 Initiating a nationwide, centralized purchase to capitalize on the economies of scale offered by vendors.

1.1.3 Negotiating one contract to decrease the current contracting and reviewing efforts that are required at the VA facility and/or VISN level. Thereby, avoiding the costs and workload associated with multiple procurements.

2.0 Scope of Work:

2.0.1 The vendor shall provide all sites on the VA network with access to a single online, web-based product. Main authentication will be through VA gateway IP addresses. Secondary authentication will be based on Liblynx’s two IPs

157.230.189.45 and 162.243.143.27. These 2 LibLynx IPs must be included in any online subscription or purchase of any VA electronic acquisition All other access means must be approved in advance by the Library Network Office staff.

2.0.1 An unlimited number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any computer with internet access within VA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access also must grant access to the product. A username and/or password option must be offered for remote users if needed, rarely.

2.1 Usability

2.1.1 Searching and navigating within the system are logical and easy to use.

Searching quickly retrieves material of high relevance. Users should be able to search by journal title, volume, issue, year, and page numbers in addition to text or keyword searches.

2.3 Access, content, support

2.3.1 Product is 508 compliant. (http://www.section508.gov/)

2.3.1.1 If product is not 508 compliant, vendor must describe measures being taken to bring product into compliance and date, within 12-months of contract award, that product will be 508 compliant. OR

2.3.1.2. If product is not 508 compliant, the vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant.

2.3.4 It is required that all authorized remote users (with VPN, wireless access, mobile devices etc.) have access to the product through any VA networked computer and/or VA’s Online Health Record.

2.3.7 Full-text articles should be available in PDF format.

2.3.8 Access to the titles should be up-to-date with no period of embargo to the full-text. The platform must be here https://www.nejm.org/medical-index and https://catalyst.nejm.org/. No other link to the above urls will be acceptable.

2.3.15 Availability of usage statistics at an IP level is highly desirable.

2.3.16 The product should be accessible via a variety of personal Internet mobile devices including Apple and Android devices.

2.3.18 Articles can be emailed among VHA colleagues.