SOURCES SOUGHT
76 -- Access to Wiley Subscription Services
- Notice Date
- 12/28/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm. 2E47, MSC 5738, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-16-012
- Archive Date
- 1/26/2016
- Point of Contact
- Oghogho Joy Ajao, Phone: 3014435655
- E-Mail Address
-
ajaooj@mail.nih.gov
(ajaooj@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Number: HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-16-012 Project Title: Access to Wiley Subscription Services This is a "Sources Sought Notice". It is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts or quotations. The purpose of this notice is for market research purposes and will be used to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform the potential requirement described herein in the statement of work. STATEMENT OF WORK PROJECT TITLE: Access to Wiley's Online Resources I. Statement of Work A. Background Information John Wiley & Sons provides access to online resources for NIH staff and HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS), including over 1500 journals in a wide range of scientific, technical and medical subjects; the Cochrane Library; Current Protocols; and select online reference works. Links from PubMed, Web of Science®, and the NIH Library website allow NIH staff to connect directly to the articles on the Wiley website following a search of the various sites. Wiley online resources allow DLS to provide enhanced and timely access to information NIH staff need to perform their work whether they are intramural researchers or extramural program administrators. Feedback from NIH and HHS researchers, clinicians and administrators indicates that the easy accessibility of needed information made possible by providing electronic access to Wiley resources has increased their productive work time, because of the time saved identifying and retrieving relevant articles. B. Objectives The specific objective of this requirement requires the contractor to provide the NIH and the HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS) access to the electronic version of all Wiley journals, the Cochrane Library, Current Protocols, and select online reference works through its web interface. Access will be cumulative for articles published in the journals since 1997 or the first year a journal was offered on the Wiley platform. The contractor is also required to provide access to other databases and journals as outlined under the "specific requirements" section of this SOW. II. Services to be performed A. General Requirements 1. Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment and facilities needed to perform the Statement of Work below. 2. All work under this contract shall be monitored by the Project Officer. B. Specific Requirements Specifically, the contractor shall: 1. Provide the NIH and the HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS) access to the electronic version of all Wiley journals, the Cochrane Library, Current Protocols, and select online reference works through its web interface. Access will be cumulative for articles published in the journals since 1997 or the first year a journal was offered on the Wiley platform, based upon previous investments. 2. The contractor also shall provide options for acquiring eBooks, online reference works, and backfiles of selected journals. Options should factor in all previous investments in print and digital subscriptions, as well as previous archive backfile purchases. 3. The contractor may also provide options to include all Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies with access to the same resources as identified in this contract. 4. In the event of a major natural disaster (local, regional, national, or international), then in addition to the other rights granted under this Agreement, Wiley will allow DLS to provide access to the Licensed Electronic Products for a maximum of 180 days upon approval which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed after which time an extension may be granted to any otherwise unaffiliated health professional, ("Emergency Workers") and ("Displaced Users") from other institutions that are not included as one of DLS' Institutions but which have been affected by such a disaster ("Emergency Institutions") so long as the DLS has established temporary affiliation with such an Emergency Institution in order to meet the demands of the population affected by the disaster and any healthcare needs resulting from the disaster. For purposes of this Agreement, such Displaced Users, Emergency Institutions and Emergency Workers will be considered Authorized Users of the respective Institution that requests Wiley to provide the access to the Licensed Electronic Products under this clause. Under this clause, Wiley will allow previously unidentified IP addresses that are provided by DLS access to the Licensed Electronic Products. 5. DLS may fulfill interlibrary loan requests in accord with Section 108 of the United States Copyright Law (17 USC Sec. 108, "Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives") and clause 3 of the Guidelines for the Proviso of Subsection 108(g)(2) prepared by the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works. 6. DLS shall retain perpetual access to all subscribed years of resources. C. Government Responsibilities 1. The Government will be responsible for providing an interface via web links for the NIH community to access the Wiley website. 2. NIH will be responsible for creating a system to validate security for entrance into the website. 3. Upon signature by the Government, the contractor license agreement will be incorporated into the contract. D. Reporting Requirements and Deliverables 1. The contractor shall regularly provide the Project Officer with monthly usage statistics for individual journal titles as well as aggregated use data for journals and databases, complying with industry standards such as COUNTER and SUSHI. 2. Monthly usage data shall be broken out separately for NIH and for the individual HHS agencies served by the NIH Library/DLS. Each report should include title, ISSN, eISSN, monthly usage, and YTD usage. 3. Use by selected NIH institutes may also be required when that use is identifiable, e.g. from IP range or log in. 4. A quarterly report detailing all titles being provided through this contract shall be provided. This report should include the title, ISSN, eISSN, publishing status, journal title URL, and any status-related comments. Anticipated Period of Performance: The period of performance is expected to be for one 11 months base period and four twelve month option periods. The contract is anticipated to be from February 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. Other Important Considerations: The following product characteristics will be considered: • Search interface that includes numerous primary categories and ability to perform keyword and other specialized topical queries for effective searches. • The ability to download HTML or PDF versions of documents. • Enable users to create user accounts to establish alerts and save searches. • Provide access to Cochrane library, current protocols or similar databases • Subscription is able to provide access to multiple users via IP address (multi-user, multi-campus subscription). • eJournals dating back several decades. • Multiple language translations of content. Submission of Capability Statements and Delivery Instructions: In 15 pages or less any interested business organization should submit a capability statement of their organization which demonstrates their ability to supply the services described above or provide a capability statement that demonstrate how other potential databases can meet the requirement described above. Respondents should also include any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisitions requirements. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 519130 with a business size of 500 employees. Responses must reference the sources sought number HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-16-012 and include the following: (1) Name and Address of the organization (2) Size and Type of business, pursuant to the applicable NAICS code 519130. (3) Point of Contact with name, title, phone, fax and email (4) DUNS number (5) Contractors capability statement should address the deliverables in the statement of work and the important consideration mentioned above (6) List of organizations to whom similar types of services have been previously provided to include contract number, dollar value, name and phone number of contracting officer. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUCEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF: January 11, 2016. AT 10 A.M. EST. Emailed responses are authorized (either in Microsoft word or PDF), but it is up to the vendor to ensure that the email is received by the government. Responses by Facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. All questions and/or comments must be in writing and may be emailed to O. Joy Ajao at ajaooj@mail.nih.gov. Mailed responses can be sent to the address listed below: National Institutes of Health Office of the Director Office of Logistics, Acquisition & Operations (OD/OLAO) Attn: O. Joy Ajao 6011 Executive Blvd., Rm. 625C Bethesda, MD 20892-7663 If your quote will be delivered by courier service, Federal Express, UPS, or Express Mail, the city, state and zip code should read ROCKVILLE, MD 20852. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response to this announcement. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
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