R605--EBSCO Consolidated CINAHL Medline PBSC
Closed Special Notice Posted
A later notice was posted: the Intent to Bundle Requirements (DoD-Funded) from .
- Solicitation number
- 36C77626R0083
- Agency
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VA Technology Acquisition Center
Headquarters, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
- PSC
- R605 Support- Administrative: Library
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Program Contracting Activity Central has published a Special Notice for annual subscriptions to three commercial web-based database resources: CINAHL Ultimate, Medline Complete, and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (PBSC). The VA intends to conduct a sole-source procurement with EBSCO Industries Inc., the primary vendor for these products, to provide comprehensive access to nursing, allied health, medical, and psychology bibliographic information along with full-text journals and electronic textbooks. This procurement is classified as "Brand Name or Equal," which opens the opportunity for alternative vendors to submit competing proposals. The solicitation is identified as 36C77626R0083 and falls under NAICS code 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services) with a Small Business Administration size standard of 1,000 employees.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to secure annual subscriptions to these three specialized database resources for use throughout the VHA healthcare system to support clinical and research activities. Interested contractors must submit capability statements, proposals, or quotations to Contract Specialist Andrew Allen at Andrew.Allen6@va.gov or to the Contracting Office at 6100 Oak Tree Boulevard, Suite 490, Independence, OH 44131, with responses due by May 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Any responsible source believing it is capable of meeting the VA's requirements is eligible to submit a response, regardless of previous vendor status. The government reserves the right to evaluate all responses received and may determine not to compete the procurement based on the submissions; however, responses will be considered before making this determination. No formal solicitation document is available, and telephone requests for information will not be accepted.
Notice text
CINAHL Ultimate, Medline Complete and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
FBO Notice: 36C77626R0083_1
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires Brand Name or Equal for the following commercial off the shelf web-based resources: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Ultimate which is a database containing nursing and allied health bibliographic information and access to full-text journals, Medline Complete which is a bibliographic information and full-text journal resource of journals focused on medicine, and a journal package focused on psychology and behavioral sciences; Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (PBSC). All three products will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit and negotiate with EBSCO Industries Inc., 10 ESTES ST, IPSWICH, MA. USA: to provide an annual subscription to CINAHL Ultimate, Medline Complete and PBSC. These products shall include sources such as electronic textbooks and online full text journals.
The procurement is being conducted by authority of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul 6.103-1 "soliciting from a sole source."
The NAICS code for this procurement is 519290 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1,000 Employees.
This notice of intent to is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available, and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirements 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.
Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Responses to this notice are due on or before Wednesday May 6, 2025, 10:00 a.m. EST to contract specialist, Andrew Allen at Andrew.Allen6@va.gov.
Contracting Office Address:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Contracting Activity Central
6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 490 Independence, OH 44131
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C77626R0083_1.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| R605--EBSCO Consolidated CINAHL Medline PBSC | Intent to Bundle Requirements (DoD-Funded) | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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