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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 28, 2010 FBO #3168
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- Veterans Health Library

Notice Date
7/26/2010
 
Notice Type
Presolicitation
 
NAICS
519130 — Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
 
Contracting Office
Department of Veterans Affairs;VHA Service Center (VSC);Building 3, Second Floor;10000 Brecksville Road;Brecksville OH 44141
 
ZIP Code
44141
 
Solicitation Number
VA70110RP0093
 
Response Due
8/23/2010
 
Archive Date
10/22/2010
 
Point of Contact
Jonathan D Jewel
 
E-Mail Address
ct
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
This is a pre-solicitation notice and is intended to gather interest in the VHA's upcoming solicitation for a Veterans Health Library. The Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contracting Activity, Central (PCAC) intends to solicit, under full and open competition a firm fix price contract to procure services to provide to implement a Veterans Health Library. The solicitation will be made available on the Federal Business Opportunities web page as a "Request for Proposal" (RFP) attached to solicitation number VA-701-10-RP-0093. The procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 15 and be evaluated with the procedures therein. The solicitation will be issued on or about August 6th, 2010 and proposals will be due on or about August 23rd, 2010. The National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCP) is responsible to monitor, encourage, and promote prevention services for Veterans through clinical, educational, promotional and research activities throughout the Veterans Health Administration. Through the collection and dissemination of the latest scientific knowledge and information regarding health promotion and prevention, the NCP has an impact on the health and well-being of Veterans throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). NCP efforts are aimed at improving the quality of life, preventing the onset of disease and/or identifying disease at early stages so as to limit its progression. The request for proposals is to develop and maintain a comprehensive and consistent Veterans Health Library of health education information, materials and resources in a wide variety of delivery formats and modalities that shall be easily accessed by Veterans, their family members, VHA clinicians and staff. NCP is the lead office in VA for this initiative. The Veterans Health Library shall contain comprehensive health information, resources and materials on topics spanning the continuum of VHA healthcare delivery: health promotion and disease prevention; primary care; specialty care; mental health; diagnostic tests and procedures, acute care; rehabilitation and physical medicine; long-term care; hospice; and community living centers (nursing homes). The information in the Library and its format and design shall accommodate the health literacy and numeracy needs of Veterans and their family members as well as their vision, speech, hearing, language, and cognitive abilities. The information shall be able to be printed in black and white and color using printers commonly found in VHA clinical settings and in Veterans' homes. The selected company/corporation must be able to provide all services listed in following RFP Contractors/companies/corporations planning on offering should have experience working with national public health and/or healthcare organizations, and experience in developing a comprehensive library of health education information, resources and materials designed to accommodate the target populations' health literacy and numeracy needs, their vision, speech, hearing impairments, cognitive ability, and language. The contractor should have experience providing health education content in the following delivery modalities: print, audiovisual, electronically on a website or via social media: e.g., blogging, texting, twitter. This is a pre-solicitation notice and is intended to gather interest in the upcoming solicitation. All questions directed to relating to the pre-solicitation notice should be submitted in writing to the PCAC Contracting Specialist, Jonathan Jewel, jonathan.jewel@va.gov, by e-mail only.
 
Web Link
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ISC/OISC/VA70110RP0093/listing.html)
 
Record
SN02217463-W 20100728/100726234823-e1646c1a9b1cddf1ff54f89d5584a6d4 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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