Requisition__754678_-_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 IP-authenticated electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to publications of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), available in the ASABE Online Technical Library.

II. Requirements

1. The contractor shall provide NAL electronic access via internet to ASABE publications included in the ASABE Online Technical Library. Access to these publications will be for use by all USDA employees, contractors, authorized public on-site users, cooperators and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA. All USDA locations worldwide are to be considered authorized premises. 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 limiting to viewing, printing, saving, reusing and disseminating content.

2. The contractor shall make the ASABE Online Technical Library accessible

24 hours per day. Authorized users shall be granted access to the ASABE Online Technical Library through the IP recognition authentication process without any impediments.

3. The contractor shall provide the ASABE Online Technical Library in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

a. The authorized users shall have the right to use content during the term of the subscription.

b. The contractor shall grant perpetual data rights to the subscribed-to content.

c. Upon request by NAL the contractor shall provide the subscribed-to or purchased content in a mutually agreed-upon electronic medium and format.

d. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason.

4. The contractor shall provide usage reports on ASABE Online Technical

Library, including statistics described in terms of commonly recognized data elements. The contractor shall provide an annual report of usage that includes the IP address of every user with their respective use of ASABE Online Technical Library.

5. The contractor shall provide access to the subscribed content and the administrative interface without imposing on the subscriber’s users any additional terms and conditions or similar restrictions that are not part of the contract. If the contractor’s system’s technical functionality prevents suppression of such terms and conditions or similar restrictions, the contractor agrees that any language, however construed and presented, is null and void and not binding on the subscriber’s users.

III. Schedule of Deliverables

Deliverable

Due Date

Task 1.

Provide access via the internet to the ASABE Online Technical Library.

September 30, 2015

Task 2.

Provide and maintain administrative credentials for access to institutional administrative interface for the purposes of customization, usage data retrieval and other administrative purposes, as permitted by the system by October 31, 2015.

Task 3 Provide COUNTER-compliant usage statistics including commonly recognized data elements. s

Monthly

Task 4.

Provide a Usage statistics report by the (IP) address of every user and their respective use of the ASABE Online Technical Library

Annually by October 31, 2016.