SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Unlimited Membership to Web Based Point of Care Dermatoloty Differential Diagnostic Decision Support Product
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- 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
- VA70110RI0249
- Response Due
- 8/24/2010
- Archive Date
- 9/23/2010
- Point of Contact
- Stefanie R Perry
- E-Mail Address
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO Sources Sought Notice Unlimited Membership to Web Based Point of Care Dermatology Differential Diagnostic Decision Support Product I. Introduction: This is a request for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The purpose of this notice is to identify qualified companies who are able to meet the VA's requirements. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking interested sources (contractors) for a near-future solicitation and procurement for an unlimited membership providing a web based point of care dermatology differential diagnostic decision support product for the Office of Health Information (OHI). The anticipated period of performance will be one year with 3 one year options. At this time, no solicitation exists. Therefore, DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. Because this is a sources sought notice, no evaluation review letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. II. Requirements: The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a commercial Point of Care Dermatology Diagnostic Decision Support Products are as follows: "Providing access nationwide to standard knowledge based clinical information resources available at the point of care, will build on the enterprise wide availability of the web based version of New England Journal of Medicine. "Initiating a nationwide, centralized purchase to capitalize on the economies of scale offered by vendors. "Negotiating one license/contract to decrease the current contracting and reviewing efforts that are required at the facility and/or VISN level and thereby avoid the costs and workload associated with multiple procurements. "Making this Point of Care Dermatology Diagnostic Decision Support Product available through CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System), the VA's Electronic Health Record, nationwide to insure consistent access at the bedside for all VHA health professionals and staff. Scope of Work: "The vendor will provide all sites on the VHA network with access to a single online, web-based product. Authentication will be through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. "An unrestricted number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access have access to the product. "This license must cover all Department of Veterans Affairs employees as authorized users no matter their physical work location or point of access to this product. "This license will also allow for authorized user access at all Department of Veterans Affairs current and future physical facilities included but not limited to current and future medical centers, community-based outpatient clinics, DOMs, vet centers and all other locations where Department of Veterans Affairs employees work. "Currently the VHA libraries are providing remote access through Athens authentication service. This resource must have technical capability to include Athens authentication for remote users in this contract. The product should include: "Images and knowledge-based information to assist the primary care provider in the identification, diagnosis and management of common skin disorders. "A diagnostic decision support system to assist primary care providers in differential diagnosis of dermatologic diseases and conditions. "Vivid displays of dermatology images showing the variation of disease presentation through age, stage, and skin type. "A decision support system to allow the clinicians to enter patient findings in order to dynamically build a differential diagnosis displayed by medical images. Information Quality: "Information is accurate, authoritative, and relevant. "Authors and sources are well recognized subject experts in their fields. "Topics are presented succinctly, but with adequate detail to be useful to clinicians. ""Best practice" or evidence-based information is included in recommendations for diagnosis or therapy. "Policies for determining validity and standards for inclusion of material are well described. "Guidelines and summaries include references or sources. "When necessary to the topic, images, tables and diagrams are available and clearly shown. Usability: "Navigation within the system is logical and is easy to use. There is fast access to topics and subtopics. Topic linking or indexing retrieves material of high relevance quickly. "The product to have "user friendly" help and direction aids. Currency: "Content areas are updated on a continuous, incremental cycle rather than on a single anniversary date for the entire product. "The date a topic was last reviewed for content is stated and easily found Access, content, support: "Product must be 508 compliant. (http://www.section508.gov/). If product is not 508 compliant, vendor must describe measures being taken to bring product into compliance and date, within 12 months of contract award, that product will be 508 compliant. OR If product is not 508 compliant and vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant. "Access to be granted through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. "An unrestricted number of simultaneous users are to have immediate access from any web-enabled computer throughout VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users (with VPN, dial-up, wireless, etc. access) have access to the product through any VA networked computer and/or CPRS. A username and/or password option must be offered for remote users if needed. "The product is compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To insure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies. "The product is compatible with the Windows environment. "All site content and support of the web site is the responsibility of the contractor. This includes tech support to VHA users nationwide. "System downtime is minimal and VA project manager is notified when such occurs. "Topics are easily printed. "The product's licensing agreement must permit free use for educational purposes of all pictures and graphics. "Single point of contact for customer service issues is assigned to VA "Questions are responded to on the same business day. "Usage statistics are available to the system administrator on an enterprise level. "The product should be accessible via a variety of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) platforms. "Graphics, pictures, and/or images that are searchable are highly desirable. "The contractor should offer training services. On an as requested basis, training session (web-based or live) will be set up to train VHA staff on use of the product. Specialized training sessions may be requested for VA library staff. "Availability of usage statistics at an IP level is highly desirable. "Topics can be emailed among VHA colleagues. III. Submittal Information: Contractors that believe they can fulfill the requirements may provide a written response to this notice and provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate that capability. Response shall be no more than 10 pages in length; the Government will not review any other data, attachments that are in excess to the 10 pages. Interested parties shall provide the following minimum information: i.Company name and address ii.Company point of contact name, phone number, and email address. iii.DUNS Number iv.Company business size and status (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business, etc.), v.Brief summary of company history relative to similar requirements vi.Technical Capability - Brief written response providing clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capacity to fulfill this requirement. vii.Commercial Availability - Brief description of the length of time your services have been commercially available. The point of contact for this action is Contract Specialist, Stefanie Perry: Stefanie.Perry@va.gov The above information must be provided no later than Tuesday August 24, 2010 at 1:00pm EST. Responses must be emailed to Stefanie.Perry@va.gov DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
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