SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source for Electronic Database Access to Food Science and Technology Abstracts
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2009
- Notice Type
- Special 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, Maryland, 20705
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- AG3K06S090018
- Archive Date
- 6/29/2009
- Point of Contact
- Lyndia V Countee, Phone: 301-504-1700
- E-Mail Address
-
lyndia.countee@ars.usda.gov
(lyndia.countee@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 to Ovid Technologies, Inc., P.O. Box 64525, Baltimore, MD 21264. This procurement is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) – only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Ovid Technologies is the only known source that provides electronic access to Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) and the perpetual data rights which covers over 500,000 references and annual updates which add approximately 18,000 references per year. FSTA database covers all areas of food science, food technology, and human nutrition, including basic food science, biotechnology, toxicology, packaging, and engineering. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 1:00 p.m. EST on June 9, 2009. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to Lyndia.Countee@usda.gov with the solicitation number referenced in the subject line.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/ARS/CB/AG3K06S090018/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN01830976-W 20090531/090530000303-f907bf37c09c2819545aa1cb6985190b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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