SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Association for Computing Machinery
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance, 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- 0919-13-1025
- Archive Date
- 6/18/2013
- Point of Contact
- Katherine B. Medeiros,
- E-Mail Address
-
katherine.medeiros@ssa.gov
(katherine.medeiros@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Renewal of Online Electronic Subscription to ACM Digital Library with the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, but merely notification of SSA's Intent to Renew, on a sole-source basis, a firm fixed price purchase order to the Association for Computing Machinery for continued access to their online electronic subscription entitled, "ACM Digital Library." Under FAR Part 6.302.1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Sources Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. is only available from its producer and manufacturer and not through dealers or distributors. The period of performance will be for one year beginning 09/30/2013 through 09/29/2014. ACM Digital Library is the full-text repository of papers from publications that have been published, co-published, or co-marketed by ACM and other publishers. The ACM is also the world's leading educational and scientific computing society with over 95,000 researchers, educators practitioners and students from over 190 countries covering virtually every major area of computing including such areas as computer security, computer graphics information retrieval, communications, mobile computing, data mining, and software engineering. This requirement is utilizing procedures in the FAR Part 12 in conjunction with procedures in FAR Part 13. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by SSA not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of SSA. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this publication. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. If no affirmative responses are received within 2 business days, in accordance with FAR 13-106-1(b)(1) negotiations will be conducted with the Association for Computing Machinery as the only source and a purchase order will be issued without any additional notices being posted. Respondents should refer to 0919-13-1025. The government anticipates award of a firm fixed price contract. Interested parties that feel they can provide the required service may respond by submitting their capability statement via email to Katherine.Medeiros@ssa.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not constitute a solicitation for offers. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. This is not a request for quotation, and the Government does not intend to pay for information received. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, SSA will proceed with sole source negotiations. All questions and submissions in response to this notice must be submitted in writing to the email address listed above by 1:00 PM, ET, June 3, 2013. Telephone calls regarding this matter will not be accepted, nor will they be returned.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Nationwide, United States
- Record
- SN03071809-W 20130526/130524234438-f08b64a41327be1dd3176911b8539f6c (fbodaily.com)
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