4.02b Sole Source Justification Redacted.pdf

This sole source justification document proposes procuring an Elsevier INSPEC subscription from Elsevier Inc. on a sole source basis. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command seeks to renew its existing subscription to the INSPEC database, a comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database covering physics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing, and control engineering. The justification cites that INSPEC contains over 50 million references and 1.5 million full-text documents, and is the most comprehensive database for locating journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports in the specified fields. Elsevier Inc. is identified as the only authorized publisher and distributor of the INSPEC database, making it the only responsible source able to provide the required subscription. The period of performance is for one year beginning January 2023.