SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Electronic access via the internet for all USDA users to the ACSESS Digital Library Journal Backfile, 1907 – 2009
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SB-S-16-818756
- Archive Date
- 10/11/2016
- 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
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in Beltsville, MD, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis a contract with Alliance of Crop, Soil And Environmental Science Societies, Inc., 5585 GUILFORD RD, FITCHBURG, WI, 53711-5801, to provide electronic access via the internet and perpetual access rights (ownership) to the ACSESS Digital Library Journal Backfile 1907 - 2009 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. The circumstance permitting other than full and open competition is FAR 13.106-1 and 41 USC 253(c)(5), only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or source will meet agency needs. The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is mandated (7 U.S.C. 3101) to serve as the primary agricultural information resource of the United States. One of its functions in that role is the acquisition of information in all aspects of agriculture and allied sciences. In support of this function, the NAL acquires journal publications in electronic format from publishers and makes the journals accessible to USDA employees and library patrons via the internet. In keeping with its charge to collect agricultural and related information, it seeks to maintain a collection of publications in various formats from a variety of publishers and sources. USDA researchers have demonstrated the importance of the content of the ACSESS Digital Library Current content by their heavy past use of the electronic versions of the journals, made accessible by NAL's DigiTop service. Besides its extremely important journal content, the ACSESS Digital Library has well developed mechanisms for delivering the content to subscribers. Its platform efficiently provides access to ACSESS Digital Library content. ACSESS Digital Library's continual investment in its information infrastructure and its compliance with newly emerging industry standards makes its information delivery mechanisms extremely good. The Alliance of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS) publishes much research authored by USDA researchers. The Alliance of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS) is the only vendor that can meet NAL's requirement for complete ACSESS Digital Library access with perpetual access rights to the content. The Alliance of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS) is the only copyright holder of its publications and thus is the only source of the access NAL seeks. Having perpetual access rights granted by The Alliance of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS) will give USDA users access in perpetuity to the electronic journals for which NAL purchases access. If NAL does not request perpetual access to subscribed material, its access to the material it has purchased will end when the term of the subscription ends. Anticipated Date of Award: 09/29/2016 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. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
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