Purchase Order AG4216P150040

The U.S. government awarded a $23,280 firm fixed-price purchase order to the American Chemical Society (ACS) for SciFinder Enterprise Fee services, effective January 1, 2015, with completion scheduled for December 31, 2017. The contract was funded by a Southeast Area civilian agency and performed in Columbus, Ohio. This award represents a standalone purchase order with no set-aside designation, consistent with ACS's position as the exclusive provider of its proprietary Chemical Abstracts Service platforms. The contract deliverable encompasses access to the SciFinder Discovery Platform, a web-based scientific database that enables comprehensive searching of chemical substance data, reactions, patents, and scientific literature.

ACS, a premier non-profit scientific organization specializing in chemistry-related information and databases, serves as a critical resource for federal agencies requiring advanced chemical research capabilities. This purchase order falls within ACS's broader portfolio of federal contracts supporting research, development, and regulatory oversight missions across multiple government sectors, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense, and National Institutes of Standards and Technology. The absence of a set-aside designation and the sole-source nature of such awards underscore ACS's unique market position as the exclusive provider of Chemical Abstracts Service content, with federal contract values ranging from smaller purchase orders like this one to multi-year agreements exceeding $100 million.