This notice is issued for the purpose of establishing a contract. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 San Antonio, Texas intends to negotiate sole source with EBSCO Industries Inc. 10 Estes ST Unit 450 Ipswich, MA 01938-2106, to provide all of a healthcare organization's electronic reference needs in support of the Veterans Affairs South Texas Health Care System (VASTHCS) ACOS for Education. NAICS 511210 applies. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.253 (c) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 6.302-1 (a) (2) only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. The described will provide Integrated Healthcare Content; Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source Solutions from EBSCO Publishing; Health Business Elit Evidence-Based Information for Patients and Healthcare Providers EBSCO Publishing Nursing Resources CINAHL® CINAHL® Plus CINAHL® with Full Text CINAHL® Plus with Full Text Nursing Reference Centerâ„¢ Clinical Point-of-Care DynaMedâ„¢ Nursing Reference Centerâ„¢ Rehabilitation Reference Centerâ„¢ GIDEON Toolkit for EHR/EMR Integration Research MEDLINE® with Full Text CINAHL® with Full Text SPORTDiscusâ„¢ with Full Text Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collectionâ„¢ SMART Imagebase Cochrane Collection Plus No other company is expected to respond to this requirement. Period of Performance shall be from the date of award, and extend for three years. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. However, any qualified vendor that determines it can meet the government's requirements may give written notification through e-mail to the Contract Specialist, [email protected] no later than October 25, 2013, 8am CDT. No telephone responses will be accepted. Information received will be for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. A determination not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.

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