Notice of Intent to Sole Source Social Work Reference Center Subscription FBO Notice: 36C77618Q9154 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Program Contract Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only One Responsible Source Available, no other source will satisfy agency requirements. The VA intends to solicit and negotiate with EBSCO Information Services, Inc.; 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 USA; to provide the Social Work Reference Center with SocIndex w/Full Text Product that will be made available throughout the Veterans Health Administration health care system. VHA s goal is to insure uniform availability of a high quality, clinical, knowledge based resource across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making at the point of care. The NAICS code for this procurement is 519130 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses to this notice are due on or before May 28th, 2018 at 10:00 AM EST by email to
[email protected] Point of contact for this notice is Lamonte Jones, Contract Specialist via the above referenced email address. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contract Activity Central 6150 Oak Tree Blvd Suite 300 Independence, OH 44131