SOURCES SOUGHT
76 -- Electronic Access to Annual Reviews, Inc. Journals - Statement of Work (SOW)
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SB-S-14-TH007
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Travis Heller,
- E-Mail Address
-
travis.heller@ars.usda.gov
(travis.heller@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work (SOW) The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL), intends to initiate a Request for Quote (RFQ) procurement action and award a contract for electronic access via the internet for all USDA users for Annual Reviews journals. NAL requires electronic access via the Internet to Annual Reviews journals for use by all USDA employees, contractors, authorized public on-site users, cooperators, and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA. All USDA locations worldwide are to be considered authorized premises. Access must include perpetual data rights to the content that is made available to USDA during the period of performance. The contractor shall provide, upon termination of the contract and upon a request from USDA, all subscribed-to purchased content in a mutually agreed-upon non-proprietary format. NAL also requires electronic access to non-current, earlier issues of Annual Reviews journals. The Contractor shall furnish all requested products and services including delivery to: USDA / ARS / NAL, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, as specified in attached Statement of Work (SOW) document. The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 12, Commercial Items, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). A Firm-Fixed-Price contract will be awarded for a period of twelve (12) months, with four (4) option periods of twelve (12) months each, to the offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, falls within the competitive price range. The contract period will be from: Base Period: September 27, 2014 to September 26, 2015 If exercised: Option Period I: September 27, 2015 to September 26, 2016 Option Period II: September 27, 2016 to September 26, 2017 Option Period III: September 27, 2017 to September 26, 2018 Option Period IV: September 27, 2018 to September 26, 2019 Quotes will be reviewed for completeness and evaluated for lowest price, technically acceptable basis. The Government may elect to conduct discussions with offerors whose proposals are technically acceptable (or which may be expected to be made acceptable by moderate modification) and fall within the competitive price range. The Government reserves the right, however, to award a contract based on initial offers without conducting discussions. Therefore, each proposal should be submitted from the offeror's most favorable technical and price standpoints. Solicitation documents will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/. No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Telephone requests will not be honored and bidder lists will not be maintained. Proposals are due on September 15, 2014 by 10:00AM EST. Proposals must be e-mailed to Travis Heller at the following e-mail address: travis.heller@ars.usda.gov. The NAICS Code for this project is 511120. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database as required by FAR 4.1102 at the time of submission. Award will be made as a Single Award Contracot to one offeror.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/938034ab6b7114f534cc4d5cb5e1d96a)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN03505630-W 20140912/140911000417-938034ab6b7114f534cc4d5cb5e1d96a (fbodaily.com)
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