SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- Electronic Journal Access - American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Acquisition and Property Division, Acquisition Branch (MD), 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Building 3, Mailstop: 5116, Beltsville, MD, 20705
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AG-3K06-S-06-0013
- Response Due
- 8/23/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2006
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service intends to issue and award to the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) on a sole source basis, a contract for all USDA users to have continuous electronic internet access to the journals described below. Award will be made pursuant to 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1)--Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The contractor shall provide continuous electronic access via the Internet for all USDA employees and public on-site users. All USDA locations, employees worldwide, contractors, cooperators and volunteers performing work on behalf of USDA are considered as authorized premises and users of the journals. The Contractor shall make Journals content accessible 24 hours per day. Authorized users shall be granted access to the ASM journals through the IP recognition authentication process without any impediments. Journals to be accessed are entitled 1) Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 3) Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 4) Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 5) Eukaryotic Cell, 6) Infection and Immunity, 7) Journal of Bacteriology, 8) Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 9) Journal of Virology, 10) Molecular and Cellular Biology, and 11) Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. In addition to internal use, authorized users have the right to use the contents of the journals for ordinary business (research), scholarly and educational purposes required by the Government. This includes but is not limited to viewing, printing, saving, reusing and disseminating content. The contractor shall provide rights to the above titles during the term of the subscription. The contractor shall provide Perpetual Data Rights to the subscribed-to content on the mutually agreed-upon electronic medium and format should the subscription not be renewed or terminate for any reason. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to journal content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason. Award, effective 9/29/06, will be for a twelve (12) month base period and four (4) twelve (12) month option periods. Responses are to be received within 5 days of this notice. The NAICS Code/Size is 511120/500. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. No solicitation will be issued. Questions and expressed interest can be emailed to john.chadwick@ars.usda.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: The National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD
- Zip Code: 20705
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN01116371-W 20060818/060816220323 (fbodaily.com)
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