SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Endnote User Licenses
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions-Treatment and Support Branch, Bldg 244, Room 112, Frederick, Maryland, 21702
- ZIP Code
- 21702
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NCI-SS-TSB-0816-C28
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- Melanie A. Miller, Phone: 3016241267, C. Timothy Crilley, Phone: 301/228-4224
- E-Mail Address
-
melanie.miller@nih.gov, tcrilley@mail.nih.gov
(melanie.miller@nih.gov, tcrilley@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- HHS-NIH-NCI-SS-TSB-0816-C28 Title: Endnote 200 User License Type of Notice: This is a Supply Sources Sought/Pre-solicitation notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources for the Supply requirement. Background: The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), formerly the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science; educating and training researchers; and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. To fulfill its mission, NCCIH supports a broad-based portfolio of research, research training, and educational grants and contracts, as well as various outreach mechanisms to disseminate information. Purpose and Objectives: The vendor will provide a 200 user license for the Endnote software. Project Requirements: EndNote provides integrated searching, writing, and bibliography creation into one streamlined process that results in submission ready manuscripts. EndNote for Windows and Macintosh is an all-in-one tool that integrates the following tasks into one program: - Search bibliographic databases on the Internet - Organize references, images, PDFs and other files - Watch the bibliography and figure list appear as you write - Collaborate using EndNote Web, the Web-based research and writing tool. Period of Performance: Delivery upon receipt of order, Period of Performance 9/20/2016 - 9/19/2017 Capability Statement/Information Sought: We encourage all responsible sources, particularly small businesses, to submit a capability statement which will be considered by the agency. Organizations that submit capability statements in response to this notice will be evaluated against the following criteria: 1. Documented ability to meet all specification in the statement of work including the coupled fiber capability. Interested qualified organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 20 single-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.) presented in single-space using a 12-point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement, as well as the eligible small business concern's name, point of contact, address and DUNS number. All capability statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Melanie Miller, Contract Specialist, at melanie.miller@nih.gov in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by August 29, 2016, 4:00PM, EDT. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. No collect calls or facsimile transmissions will be accepted. Disclaimer and Important Notes: Thomson Reuters (Scientific), LLC, in Philadelphia, PA is the only responsible source and no other supplier will satisfy agency requirements. The Endnote software is a proprietary software application developed and owned by Thomson Reuters, and Thomson Reuters is the only vendor who can provide licenses to the software. The Endnote software has been used by the NCI since 2002, and requires the continuity of utilizing this research software. The proposed contract action is for 200 Endnote software user licenses for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Thomson Reuters (Scientific), LLC. under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to continue with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. 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.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
- SN04230434-W 20160820/160818235702-998924fa9f51a9569165a5e3cf3a7301 (fbodaily.com)
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