SPECIAL NOTICE
T -- Access to SienceDirect - JOFOC
- Notice Date
- 5/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 787551-Synopsis
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Jessica Massey, Phone: 970-492-7003
- E-Mail Address
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jessica.massey@ars.usda.gov
(jessica.massey@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- JOFOC 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. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and Part 13.5. No solicitation will be issued. Potential sources who believe they can provide the services listed are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes 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. Responses are to be received within 10 days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted. The United States Department Agriculture (USDA), Natural Agricultural Library (NAL), intends to negotiate and award on a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) basis. Contract type will be a base year and four (4) one year Firm Fixed Price and awarded to Elsevier, B.V. This is for annual database subscription access to ScienceDirect periodicals. NAICS Code is 511120. Annual period of performance is estimated to be July 1 - June 30. The procurement is in accordance with both FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1). NAL requires IP-authenticated electronic access via the internet to Elsevier publications for use by all USDA employees, authorized public on-site users, cooperators, and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA. Access includes perpetual data rights to the content that is subscribed to by USDA for the full volume of each title. The contractor shall provide, on request by USDA, all purchased content in a mutually agreed-upon non-proprietary format. Scientific research requires as thorough a review of the scientific literature (previous research) as possible, to avoid duplication, clarify the purpose of the research, and expand on previous results. Elsevier is one of the leading publishers of scientific literature, and no literature review would be complete without including Elsevier publications. USDA researchers rely heavily on the particular journals owned and published by Elsevier, both for reference as well as for publishing their papers. In calendar year 2015, USDA accessed Elsevier publications 376,616 times.
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