Requisition__782335_-_Statement_of_Work.pdf

ATTACHMENT 1

Statement of Work

I. Background Information

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) requires immediate and continuous, IP-authenticated electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to scientific journals published the American Society of Plant Biologists.

II. Requirements

1. The contractor shall provide immediate electronic access via the Internet to current and all available past issues of the American Society of Plant Biologist journals “The Plant Cell” and “Plant Physiology” for use by all USDA employees, authorized public on-site users, and employees of other federal agencies that are authorized to use NAL’s Digitop service. All USDA locations worldwide are to be considered authorized premises. USDA employees and contractors, cooperators and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA, as well as employees, contractors, cooperators and volunteers working on behalf of other federal agencies that are authorized to use NAL’s Digitop service, are considered authorized users of the journals. In addition to internal use, authorized users have the right to use content of the journals for ordinary business, scholarly and educational purposes of the Government, including but not limited to viewing, printing, saving, reusing and disseminating content.

2. The contractor shall make subscribed American Society of Plant Biologists journal content accessible 24 hours per day. Authorized users shall be granted access to the American Society of Plant Biologists journals through the IP recognition authentication process without any impediments.

3. The contractor shall provide the American Society of Plant Biologists journals in accordance with the following terms and conditions: The authorized users shall have the right to use the content during the term of the subscription. The contractor shall grant the perpetual data rights to the subscribed-to content, with their backfiles. Upon request by NAL, the contractor shall provide the subscribed-to content in a mutually agreed-upon electronic medium and format. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to journal content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason.

III. Schedule of Deliverables

Deliverable

Due Date Task 1.

Access via the internet to current and all available past issues of American Society of Plant Biologists journals.

Within 5 days of award

Task 2.

a. Provide COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for all users including commonly recognized data elements.

b. Usage statistics shall include the (IP) address of every user and their respective use of American Society of Plant Biologists journals, if available.

a. Monthly

b. Annually