Page 3 of 3 Statement of Work Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration HIG SST Mary Ann Liebert Backfiles Subscription July 2018 A. General Information 1.0 Introduction: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web based subscription to Mary Ann Liebert backfile journals, which will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. This procurement is for a VA enterprise-wide license for electronic access to the Mary Ann Liebert backfile journal titles shown in Scope of Work below. No substitutions for alternate titles are acceptable. VHA s goal is to insure uniform availability of high quality, medical and health sciences electronic resources across the VHA healthcare system to improve clinical decision making. 2.0 Scope of Work: The contractor shall provide all sites on the VHA network with a web-based portal of these journal titles: Journal Title Start Date End Date Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care 2006 2016 Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers 1997 2016 Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery 1988 2016 Journal of Endourology 1987 2016 Journal of Gynecologic Surgery 1984 2016 Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 1991 2016 Journal of Neurotrauma 1984 2016 Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1985 2016 Medical Acupuncture 2007 2016 Photomedicine and Laser Surgery 1983 2016 Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management 2011 2016 Thyroid 1991 2016 The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 1995 2016 AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 1983 2016 The contractor shall provide all sites on the VHA network with access to a single online, web-based product. Authentication shall be through IP address validation on an enterprise basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. The contractor shall provide an unlimited number of simultaneous users with immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VHA. It is required that all authorized remote users with VPN access also have access to the product. A username and/or password option shall be offered for remote users if needed. OpenAthens access is requested. The contractor shall assure the requirements listed in paragraph 4, Access, Content, Support, are addressed. 3.0 Period of Performance: One-time purchase of perpetual access rights, with no maintenance fee, commencing on the effective date of award. 4.0 Access, Content, Support: The contractor shall assure: Product is 508 compliant (http://www.section508.gov/). If product is not 508 compliant, the contractor shall 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, the contractor shall describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant. 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 technical support to VHA users nationwide. Questions are responded to within two (2) business days. Information is easily printed. Information or text can be emailed among VHA colleagues. Full-text articles are available in .pdf format. System downtime is minimal and VA project manager is when this occurs. Usage statistics are available to the system administrator on an enterprise level. The product is accessible via a variety of personal digital assistant (PDA) platforms.

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