C04a_Statement of Work_1232SA26Q1504.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 authenticated perpetual electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to scientific journals published by Cambridge University Press, through the Cambridge University Press Transformative Agreement

II. Requirements

1) The contractor shall provide authenticated perpetual electronic access to Cambridge University

Press journals for use by all USDA employees, authorized public on-site users, and contractors, cooperators and volunteers performing the work solely for and on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA. In this context, the word “Cooperators” refers to representatives of agencies with which USDA has entered into formal Cooperative Agreements

2) All USDA locations worldwide are to be considered as authorized premises.

3) 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.

4) The contractor shall make the subscribed Cambridge University Press journals accessible 24 hours per day. Authorized users shall be granted access to the Cambridge University Press journals without any impediments.

5) The contractor shall provide the Cambridge University Press journals 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 right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to journal content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason.

6) The Cambridge University Press Transformative Agreement shall include the combined provision of two services for one cost: Reading access to all subscription journals and Open Access (OA) publishing:

a) Online-only access to the Cambridge University Press Full Journals Package

b) Perpetual access to all journal volumes published within the agreement term

c) Shallow back-file access in line with individual journal terms, for the duration of the agreement

d) Any subscription journals added to the package will be included at no extra charge

e) Uncapped OA publishing in all hybrid and gold OA journals within the CUP Full Journals Pack

7) Customer Support:

a) An email support service with a dedicated email inbox for authors and librarians to assist with any practical questions relating to a transformative agreement

b) An onboarding webinar for USDA users

c) Quarterly Report showing all USDA articles published OA and non-OA

d) Automatic retroactive OA outreach to authors for any eligible articles that do not publish OA

e) Access to and training to use the Cambridge Eligibility Checker tool for all USDA users, to enable authors to check eligibility to publish OA at no additional cost and browse included journals

f) Guidance on publishing OA in the Cambridge workflow

III. Schedule of Deliverables

Task Due Task 1: Provide authenticated electronic access for all USDA users to specified Cambridge University Press electronic journals

Upon award

Task 2.

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

b) 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.

A) Monthly

B) Upon award

Task 3. Customer Support

a) Email support service with a dedicated email inbox for authors and librarians to assist with any practical questions relating to a transformative agreement

b) Onboarding webinar for USDA users

c) Quarterly Report showing all USDA articles published OA and non-OA

d) Automatic retroactive OA outreach to authors for any eligible articles that do not publish OA

e) Access to and training to use the Cambridge Eligibility Checker tool for all USDA users, to enable authors to check eligibility to publish OA at no additional cost and browse included journals

A) Within 10 days of award

B) Within 30 days of award

C) Quarterly

D) Within 30 days of award

E) Within 10 days of award