SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library Subscription
- Notice Date
- 5/31/2023 2:57:27 PM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519290
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- Contracting Office
- INFO TECH ACQ CENTER WASHINGTON DC 20528 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- 70RTAC23Q00000082
- Response Due
- 6/9/2023 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 06/24/2023
- Point of Contact
- Andrea Walker
- E-Mail Address
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Andrea.Walker@hq.dhs.gov
(Andrea.Walker@hq.dhs.gov)
- Description
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), Information Technology Acquisition Center (ITAC), Office of the Chief Information Officer, (OCIO), Solutions Development Directorate (SDD), Research Library and Information Services (RLIS) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10018 for ACM Subscription Services. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-03, the North American Industry Classification System (NACIS) is 519290. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the sole authorized provider of the ACM Digital Library for the institutional library market. ACM holds exclusive worldwide distribution rights and is exclusively authorized to license access to the ACM Digital Library. A quote is being requested under solicitation�70RTAC23Q00000082 using Simplified Acquisition procedures. This will be a fixed price contract for 1 (12) month base period, and 4 (12) month option periods. Based on DHS market research, it has been determined that ACM is the only source to meet DHS requirements and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. ACM provides unique and highly specialized content in providing the commercial industry standards and exclusive licensing agreement. The agreement is for proprietary content and only ACM is the product/services provider of the ACM Collection content. The proposed contract action is for ACM Subscription Services in which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). This notice is not a request for competitive proposals.� The following clauses and provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to the acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2023); FAR clause 52.212.-2, Evaluation Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021); FAR clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022); FAR 52.212-5 clause Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2023). Offeror shall include a complete copy of the clause 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications �Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022). The full text of clauses can be obtained at Web Site https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/indes/far. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone inquire will be accepted. Quotes may be submitted via-email to the Contract Specialist, Katie McDermott (Katie.McDermott@hq.dhs.gov, and the Contracting Officer, Andrea Walker (Andrea.Walker@hq.dhs.gov).
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- Record
- SN06699350-F 20230602/230531230109 (samdaily.us)
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