SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Compendex on Engineering Village Sole Source Notice of Intent
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-10-RQ-0394
- Archive Date
- 6/10/2010
- Point of Contact
- Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329
- E-Mail Address
-
keith.bubar@nist.gov
(keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the NIST Information Services Division, intends to negotiate with Elsevier, Inc.; New York, NY, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to provide one base year and 4, one-year option periods of subscription services to Compendex on Engineering Village. Compendex on Engineering Village is a database that offers journals and articles published solely by Engineering Village that are critical to the research conducted at NIST. Compendex on Engineering Village is a tool that has been in use at NIST for several years. NIST researchers have consistently published their own journals and articles in Engineering Village so that other NIST researchers are able to collaborate their research efforts. NIST has purchased and has access to journals, articles, and conference proceedings dating back to 1969 in Engineering Village. A tool other than Compendex on Engineering Village would not allow the integration of these existing articles. Furthermore, it would prove to be too costly for NIST to purchase engineering backfile articles from 1969 to the present time through a tool other than Compendex on Engineering Village. Recent market research results show that Elsevier, Inc. is the only known source of the Compendex on Engineering Village tool. They are the exclusive licensor and the owner of the Engineering Village service. The following standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 apply to this requirement: 1194.22 - Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications 1194.31 - Functional Performance Criteria 1194.41 - Information, Documentation, and Support The associated NAICS code for this requirement is 519120 - Libraries and archives, with a small business size standard of $7 million. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Elsevier, Inc. It is NIST's belief that Elsevier, Inc. is the sole provider of the Compendex on Engineering Village service. Interested parties that believe they are capable of fulfilling the requirements listed above for NIST, or are authorized by Elsevier, Inc. to provide these services may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Keith Bubar at keith.bubar@nist.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02154549-W 20100521/100519235316-a859a2e1cfdec0e6e75929de9f8c22c0 (fbodaily.com)
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