R605--Nutritional Care Manual

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) is issuing a solicitation (36C77626Q0164) for a firm-fixed-price purchase order to ACADEMY OF NUTRITION & DIETETICS. The contract is for a web-based electronic subscription to the Nutrition Care Manual, to be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system. The subscription will provide VHA network sites with access via IP address validation for an unrestricted number of simultaneous users, including remote VPN users. The contract period is one year with four one-year options. The Statement of Work outlines requirements for information scope, quality, usability, and access, including 508 compliance, 24/7 accessibility, and training services. The document also details contract clauses covering terms and conditions, options to extend services and contract term, prohibitions on contracting with inverted domestic corporations, security prohibitions and exclusions (including those related to covered telecommunications equipment, Kaspersky Lab, TikTok, and FASC-prohibited unmanned aircraft systems), and basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing a combined synopsis/solicitation (RFQ 36C77626Q0164) for a web-based, full-text electronic journal collection subscription called the “Nutritional Care Manual.” This single-source solicitation, prepared under FAR subpart 12.202, aims to award a contract to the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. The subscription will be accessible throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) healthcare system. The NAICS code for this procurement is 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services), with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. The response deadline is May 13, 2026, at 9 AM Eastern Time. Sharif Ra EL is the point of contact. This initiative seeks to enhance nutritional care resources for the VHA Library Network Office.