SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- Access to Wiley Resources
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2020 3:01:16 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OLAO BETHESDA MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-21-001A
- Response Due
- 11/3/2020 7:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 11/18/2020
- Point of Contact
- O. Joy Ajao, Phone: 3014435655
- E-Mail Address
-
ajaooj@mail.nih.gov
(ajaooj@mail.nih.gov)
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. �A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Wiley, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 for online access to the Wiley Journal Database. This service will provide expanded access to Wiley electronic scientific and technical journals and continued access to the Cochrane Collection and Current Protocols. This access will be made available to NIH community as well as HHS staff. This is a critical information source for the researchers, clinicians and administrative staff of NIH, and other HHS agencies.� No solicitation exists for this requirement. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. The product is a commercial item as defined in FAR Part 2.101. The period of performance shall be for one twelve (12) month base period, with options to renew for four (4) successive twelve-month periods. It is believed that Wiley is the sole source for this requirement under the authority of U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as set forth in the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 �Only one responsible source and no other supplies and services will satisfy agency requirements� because of the following: Wiley is the only known source that owns the exclusive rights to sell, distribute or provide online access to the Wiley Journal Database being acquired under this requirement and the only source that can offer perpetual access to the subscribed content. Below is the Draft Statement of Work. This is NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETIVE PROPOSALS. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals 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. The capability statement and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can meet all of the requirements of the Statement of Work. Capability Statements and related materials must be received by the Contract Specialist, no later than November 3, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time. Written responses received after this date and time will not be accepted. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on the responses received is solely within the discretion of the government. The information received will be considered solely for the purpose of whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Address responses via email only to the attention of: �O. Joy Ajao, The National Institutes of Health, OLAO, Office of Acquisitions, email address: ajaooj@mail.nih.gov DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK PROJECT TITLE:�������������� Access to Wiley�s Online Resources Draft Statement of Work I.�������� Title: Access to Wiley Resources A.������� Background Information John Wiley & Sons provides access to online resources for NIH staff and HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS) through the HHS Digital Library (ACF, ACL, AHRQ, IHS, HRSA, IOS, the Office of the Secretary, PSC and SAMHSA) and CMS, including over 1500 journals in a wide range of scientific, technical and medical subjects; over 20,000 electronic books, 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 indicate electronic access to Wiley resources has increased their productive work time because of the time saved identifying and retrieving relevant articles. In 2019 NIH and HHS staff accessed over 900,000 journal articles and over 100,000 book chapters from Wiley resources. B.������� Objectives The objective of this requirements is to license access to online Wiley eJournals, eBooks, Current Protocols, the Cochrane Library and selected reference works for NIH, CMS and the HHS Digital Library. Electronic journal content should be available from 1997 (or the first year published on the Wiley platform if later than 1997). 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 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. All work under this contract shall be monitored by the Contracting Officer Representation (COR). 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 digital subscriptions, as well as previous archive backfile purchases. 3.�������� 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. 4.�������� DLS shall retain perpetual access to all subscribed years of ��journals. 5.�������� Any required license agreements shall be provided with the proposal. 6.�������� Contractor will invoice the government in January and April. III.����� 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. IV.������ Reporting Requirements and Deliverables 1.�������� The contractor shall regularly provide the Contracting Officer Representation (COR) with monthly usage statistics for individual journal and eBook titles as well as aggregated use data for all resources via email or access to an online portal.� Usage data should comply with industry standards, including COUNTER 5 and SUSHI.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN05833742-F 20201022/201020230150 (samdaily.us)
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