Notice of Intent to Sole Source HIG SST Health Business Elite & Health Policy Reference Center Subscription

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Health Business Elite and Health Policy Reference Center Subscription FBO Notice:



The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Program Contract Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only One Responsible Source Available, no other source will satisfy agency requirements.



The VA intends to solicit and negotiate with EBSOC Information Services,

Inc.; 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 USA; to provide the Health Business Elite and Health Policy Reference Center Subscription. Health Business Elite provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of healthcare administration and other non-clinical aspects of healthcare institution management. Health Business Elite is a comprehensive, full-text database covering all aspects of health policy and related issues. Health Policy Reference Center supports decision-making, planning and research in a variety of healthcare system areas. Health Policy Reference Center offers articles from hundreds of full-text publications, including industry-leading academic journals, monographs, magazines, trade publications and other valuable resources. In addition, Health Policy Reference Center provides hundreds of thousands of records with subject headings from an extensive thesaurus.

The NAICS code for this procurement is 519130 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1000 employees.



This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.



Responses to this notice are due on or before March 28th, 2018 at 4:00 PM EST by email to Lamonte.Jones@va.gov



Point of contact for this notice is Lamonte Jones, Contract Specialist via the above referenced email address.



Contracting Office Address:

Department of Veterans Affairs

Program Contract Activity Central

6150 Oak Tree Blvd Suite 300

Independence, OH 44131