DA10--Journals Package VISN1 Library FY26 Amendment Edit Doc

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 (VISN 1) is seeking quotes for a one-year annual subscription to a curated collection of approximately 105 electronic medical and clinical journals. The solicitation (36C24126Q0159) requires offerors to supply all specified journals from eight major publishers—including BMJ, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press, and Springer Nature—as a single compiled package with no substitutions permitted. Key contract requirements include proof of small business certification for NAICS 513210, verification of authorization from all individual software publishers to distribute the required journals, acceptance of the solicitation's terms and conditions, and maintenance of prices for 60 days from the response date. Evaluation will be based on price alone with no discussions or negotiations planned, and award will be made to the lowest-priced responsible offeror. Quotations must be submitted via email to Chadwin Walker (chadwin.walker@va.gov) by February 19, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under FAR 19.502-2(a), with competition limited to two identified small business-certified distributors authorized by all software publishers: J.E. Federal Enterprises, LLC and Graham Advisory Network Inc. The estimated annual value is approximately $300,950.87. The subscription covers journals specializing in psychiatry, oncology, neurosurgery, rheumatology, gerontology, and infectious diseases, with VISN 1 having standardized to this specific journal compilation for at least eight years. Electronic delivery is required to VAMC Jamaica Plain, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130-4817, with a performance period from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027. The contractor must manage subscription ordering, serve as fiscal agent with publishers, handle claims for missing or defective issues within ten business days, provide quarterly usage statistics in COUNTER R5 and SUSHI Protocol formats, and maintain complete records for three years.