SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- EBSCO EC and BSC
- Notice Date
- 2/25/2021 9:35:01 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- US ARMY HUMPHREYS ENGINEER CTR SPT ALEXANDRIA VA 22315-3860 USA
- ZIP Code
- 22315-3860
- Solicitation Number
- W912HQ-21-C-EBSCOECBSC
- Response Due
- 3/5/2021 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 03/20/2021
- Point of Contact
- Erroll T. Foster, Phone: 7034286902, W. Dale Dewar, Phone: 7034286485
- E-Mail Address
-
erroll.t.foster@usace.army.mil, wesley.d.dewar@usace.army.mil
(erroll.t.foster@usace.army.mil, wesley.d.dewar@usace.army.mil)
- Description
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to award a single-source fixed-price purchase order to EBSCO Information Services for access to the Business Source Complete and Environment Complete databases using IDIQ Contract LCFDL-19-C-0001 established by the Library of Congress FEDLINK Program. USACE personnel will search the EBSCO databases for full-text documents, indices and abstracts, news, current events, policy and analysis documents, books, conference proceedings, reports and white papers within various subfields of the environmental and business disciplines. This digital content will support USACE personnel as they accomplish their missions.� The period of performance for this requirement shall be 06 March 2021 to 05 March 2022.� No competition is being sought unless/until another source is identified. These Business Source Complete and Environment Complete databases is unique to EBSCO Information Services. This is a special notice prepared in accordance with the requirements in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. A solicitation will not be posted. PSC � D317 � IT and TELCOM � Web-Based Subscription NAICS - 519130 � Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Single source determination: The HECSA Library has been using EBSCO Business Source Complete and Environment Complete Database Subscriptions since 2015 because of the unique services that they provide for HECSA. EBSCO Publishing is the single source provider of Environment Complete (EC) and Business Source Complete (BSC) powered by EBSCO host.� Business Source Complete, along with its unique interface features, has records from the most important journals and sources of information in this field including but not limited to exclusive rights to Harvard Business Review, Morningstar Financial Reports, and Bernstein Financial Data.� While examining HECSA Library customer requirements, we found that Harvard Business Review, Morningstar Financial Reports and Economist are critical titles for USACE leadership to have.� Business Source Complete also has full text for hundreds of journals that are not available from any other vendor, as EBSCO retains full copy and distribution rights.� Per our purchase of these subscriptions since 2015, EBSCO continues to be the single source for EC and BSC from EBSCO. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer. �Supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends on proceeding with awarding a fixed price purchase order to EBSCO Information Services. Point of contact for this requirement is Erroll �at phone: 703-428-6902 or email: erroll.t.foster@usace.army.mil. Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, HECSA, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/7971c9a4e28a42ec9bd78907b14806f5/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Alexandria, VA 22315, USA
- Zip Code: 22315
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 22315
- Record
- SN05926721-F 20210227/210225230104 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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