R605--EBSCO eBooks
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C77625Q0240
- Agency
-
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 has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to sole source an eBooks collection procurement to EBSCO Industries Inc. of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The procurement, designated as solicitation number 36C77625Q0240, is for a commercial, web-based eBooks collection that will serve the VA healthcare system nationwide. The contract period covers a base year from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, and falls under NAICS code 519290 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The procurement is being managed by the Program Contracting Activity Central Office of Informatics and Analytics. The VA's Library Network Office has been collecting medical and health sciences eBook content for eleven years, focusing on peer-reviewed publications from renowned scientists, researchers, and medical professionals.
The primary purpose of this procurement is to provide VA healthcare facilities with access to specialized medical and health sciences eBooks across various medical specialties through an established platform that allows subject browsing and individual title access. While this is a sole source procurement, the VA has opened the opportunity for other responsible sources to demonstrate their capabilities by submitting capability statements, proposals, or quotations by the August 8, 2025, 10:00 AM Eastern Time deadline to contract specialist Andrew Allen. Any submissions received will be evaluated, though the government retains full discretion over whether to make the procurement competitive based on responses. Contractors interested in participating must be capable of providing an existing, commercial, off-the-shelf web-based eBooks collection that meets the VA's medical and health sciences requirements. The notice explicitly states that it is not a request for competitive quotes and that no solicitation document is currently available, with telephone requests not being accepted.
Notice text
SPECIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
EBSCO eBooks
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing, commercial, off-the-shelf, web-based eBooks collection. This requirement is for eBooks from various Publishers that will be made available throughout the VA healthcare system, the period of performance is September 01, 2025, to August 31, 2026 base year only.
The Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) Office of Informatics and Analytics intends to issue a sole source solicitation to EBSCO Industries Inc., 10 Estes ST, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938-2106.
The Library Network Office (LNO) has collected Medical and Health Sciences eBook publishers content for the last eleven years. LNO eBooks include peer-reviewed eBooks in many medical specialties. Those eBooks are authored by renowned scientists, researchers, scholars, and professionals. Its journal content platform allows the user to browse by subject, and to drill down to the eBook and individual title level.
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 Friday August 08, 2025, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to this procurement s 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 390 Independence, OH 44131
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C77625Q0240.docx | DOCX document |
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