UpToDate Anywhere Subscription
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- HU000120R0017
- Agency
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice was published by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to provide notice of its intent to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to UpToDate, Inc. for a 12-month subscription to the UpToDate Anywhere clinical decision making tool.
The Notice seeks to procure the UpToDate Anywhere subscription to provide USU's clinicians with point-of-care access to drug information and over 10,000 medical topic articles synthesized by experts. Interested contractors must demonstrate by February 19, 2020 that competition would be advantageous, not cost or time prohibitive, and that they can provide equivalent access to UpToDate's proprietary integrated content. The Special Notice serves to inform the industry of the planned sole-source award and provide an opportunity for any responsible sources to establish their capability to meet the stated requirement.
Notice text
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda.
The mission of the USU is to provide the highest quality education programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services.
Intended Recipient: UpToDate, Inc., 230 3rd Avenue, Waltham, MA, 02451-7528
Intent to Sole-Source: USU intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to UpToDate, Inc. for 12-months access to the clinical decision making tool, UpToDate Anywhere.
Sole Source Justification: UpToDate is the only point-of-care clinical decision making tool providing access to articles synthesized by experts specifically for use by UpToDate users. Articles cover 10,000 topics under 26 medical areas of practice, and UpToDate does not authorize any other point-of-care clinical decision making tool or vendor to provide access to these articles. The tool also incorporates a link to the drug database, LexiComp. LexiComp is fully integrated into UpToDate providing users with the convenience of reviewing drug interactions and adverse reactions without the need to download material. The UpToDate Anywhere subscription will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).
In accordance with 5.207(c)(16)(ii), all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and that the interested potential Offeror can provide access to the articles synthesized by experts specifically for use by UpToDate users. Information received will be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.
Responses must be received via email at amanda.talley@usuhs.edu by 12:00PM on Wednesday, February 19, 2020.
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