SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Electronic Access via Internet to AAAS Publication Science
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- 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
- 565170
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2012
- Point of Contact
- Marcos A. Ocadiz, Phone: 301-504-1749
- E-Mail Address
-
marcos.ocadiz@ars.usda.gov
(marcos.ocadiz@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Potential sources who believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), located in Washington, DC, for continuous electronic access via the Internet to Science magazine and other AAAS electronic products (Science Express, STKE Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment and Science Classic backfile). The requirement will be used by the National Agricultural Library, USDA locations, employees worldwide, contractors, cooperators and volunteers performing work on behalf of USDA and are considered as authorized premises and users of the journals. AAAS will make content available for delivery via the Internet. The publisher shall make Science magazine and and other AAAS electronic products (Science Express, STKE Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment and Science Classic backfile) content accessible 24 hours per day. Authorized users will be granted access to Science, Science Express, STKE Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment and Science Classic backfile through the IP recognition authentication process without any impediments, with rights to use content during the term of subscription as well as Perpetual Data Rights to the subscribed-to content of Science in an electronic medium and format, should the subscription not be renewed or terminated for any reason. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to Science journal content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason. NAL is mandated by 7 USC 3125a to serve as teh primary agricultural information of the United States. One of its functions is the comprehensive acquisition of material that contains reports of original research, new scientific findings, information of potential historical value, and information that would support USDA's research. In order tomeet its mission, NAL must obtain access, with perpetual data rights, to journals and related information products only available through AAAS. Only AAAS, as the copyright holder of its journals, can and will provide perpetual access rights to its content. Anticipated date of award December 28, 2011.
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- Record
- SN02635947-W 20111210/111208234336-1f61588bc597a7a34cbd0316caa8774d (fbodaily.com)
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