SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- WEB OF SCIENCE AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS CITATION INDEX ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTIONS
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB135000-18-01895
- Archive Date
- 11/30/2018
- Point of Contact
- Randy E. Schroyer, Phone: (301) 975-6314, Divya Langhnoja, Phone: 3019756394
- E-Mail Address
-
randy.schroyer@nist.gov, divya.langhnoja@nist.gov
(randy.schroyer@nist.gov, divya.langhnoja@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Soliciting from a Single Source, with Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, PA for the purpose of for renewing on-line subscription service to the Web of Science (WoS) and Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science Ed. (CPCI-SE). This is a sole source inasmuch as the content of the WoS and CPCI-SE databases is uniquely produced and is the intellectual property of Clarivate Analytics. The content is not available online through any other interface or vendor. Clarivate Analytics is the owner of all rights, title and copyright to the materials contained within each repository and is the only vendor with the legal rights to publish and distribute the materials associated with each subscription product worldwide. A fixed price purchase order to access the databases will be negotiated and issued on or about 28 Nov 2018 for a 1-yr. base period + (4) 1-yr. option periods. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Inquiries will only be accepted via e-mail to randy.schroyer@nist.gov. The government will consider responses received by 5:00PM, EST, 30 Jul 2018. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement 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 procurement in the future. This Notice of Intent is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a request for competition. No telephone requests will be honored. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 519130 and the size standard is 1,000 employees.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB135000-18-01895/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN04998048-W 20180720/180718231435-73608b3f1faddcc13f6596c499bb01ba (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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