RFI Nurses Allied Health Subscription 04.30.2025.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

HT0011-25-RFI –0216

Defense Health Agency Medical Library Organizational Management Office

Comprehensive Nursing and Allied Health Literature Database

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA), Professional services

Contracting, Falls Church, VA is conducting market research and identifying potential

Contractors that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) need.

The Acquisition Plan for this effort has NOT been finalized and this is NOT a request for proposal. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201, response to this notice are NOT offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

Contractors responding to this request are advised that participation does NOT ensure opportunities for future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will NOT reimburse any Contractor or individual for any expenses associated with preparation or participation in the request for information.

The anticipated period of performance (PoP) is for one (1) 12 month base period, with (4)

12 month option periods. The requirements described in the attached DRAFT Statement of Work

(SOW) describes tasks and capabilities required to provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the requirement as defined in this DRAFT SOW except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this DRAFT SOW.

The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services.

All responsible potential offerors to the Government, whether the firm is a current holder, potential holder, or previous holder of a government prime-contract or sub-contract, are encouraged to review the DRAFT SOW in its entirety to ensure a clear understanding.

Interested Sources in this requirement must COMPLETELY address ALL the following questions in their entirety.

Questions and Answers: All questions will be submitted via email – subject: HT0011-25-

RFI - 0216. (Questions must be submitted no later than (NLT) 5 May 2025 3:00 PM Eastern

Standard Time (EST)) to:

• Sandra Kharan, sandra.a.kharan.civ@health.mil, Contract Specailist

• Saera Khan, saera.khan.civ@health.mil , Contracting Officer

Late or follow-up/additional questions will not be accepted or acknowledged.

Answers to submitted questions will be posted (within 7 calendar days from the date questions are due) on the SAM announcement.

Responses are due via email 23 May 2025 to:

• Sandra Kharan, sandra.a.kharan.civ@health.mil , Contract Specailist

• Saera Khan, saera.khan.civ@health.mil , Contracting Officer

Late or follow-up/additional responses will not be accepted or acknowledged.

The response to this request for information is limited to no more than ten (10) pages (8.5 x

11 inches, one (1)-inch margins), single-spaced, twelve (12)-point-sized font, in a Microsoft

(MS) Word document or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

1. Provide Companies/Vendors who have provided Comprehensive Nursing and Allied

Health Literature Database with the requirements listed in the Draft SOW.

2. Provide capability your company has in providing Comprehensive Nursing and Allied

Health Literature Database that compares to like services.

3. Responses: Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a Capability

Statement. Capability Statements should be tailored to the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

a. Section 1 of the Capability Statement shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum:

b. Name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and e-mail of designated point of contact.

mailto:sandra.a.kharan.civ@health.mil mailto:saera.khan.civ@health.mil mailto:sandra.a.kharan.civ@health.mil mailto:saera.khan.civ@health.mil

c. Recommend Contracting Strategy

4. Please state the following company information:

a. Company Name;

b. UEID;

c. CAGE;

d. Applicable NAICS Codes

e. All Applicable Contract Numbers – i.e. GWACs, GSA OASIS, GSA Professional

Services, etc.

f. Applicable SINs [to include description of SIN product/service classification/description]

g. Business size status and time of last certification; and

h. Contracting vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the service. [i.e. GSA PSS, GSA OASIS, NASA SEWP, etc..] (This information is for market research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice.).

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to identify sources that can provide the Comprehensive Nursing and Allied Health Literature Database. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The DHA has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION