C04c_Attachment 2 - Statement of Work_1232SA26Q1366.pdf
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This is a Statement of Work (SOW) for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) to procure electronic access to Royal Society of Chemistry journals and the Merck Index Online.
The contractor shall provide authenticated, un-embargoed perpetual electronic access to all Royal Society of Chemistry journals in the RSC Gold collection and the Merck Index Online for USDA employees, contractors, authorized public on-site users, cooperators, and volunteers worldwide. Access must be available 24 hours per day. Authorized users retain the right to view, print, save, reuse, and disseminate content for ordinary business, scholarly, and educational purposes. The contractor must grant perpetual use rights that survive contract termination for any reason. The contractor shall provide access to purchased content and administrative interfaces without imposing additional terms, conditions, or restrictions on users beyond those in the contract; any system-generated restrictions are deemed null and void. The RSC Gold collection includes 41 journals spanning analytical chemistry, materials science, environmental science, catalysis, and related fields, covering volumes through 2026. The Schedule of Deliverables requires: (1) perpetual electronic access upon award; (2) administrative credentials for institutional administrative interface access within five days of award; and (3) monthly COUNTER-compliant usage statistics including commonly recognized data elements.
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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, un-embargoed perpetual electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to Royal Society of Chemistry journals in the RSC Gold collection, and the Merck Index Online.
II. Requirements
1. The contractor shall provide authenticated, un-embargoed perpetual electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to Royal Society of Chemistry journals in the RSC Gold collection, and the Merck Index Online 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.
2. In addition to internal use, authorized users have the right to use subscribed content of the Royal Society of Chemistry journals and database for ordinary business, scholarly and educational purposes of the Government, including but not limited to viewing, printing, saving, reusing and disseminating content.
3. The contractor shall make the subscribed Royal Society of Chemistry content accessible by authorized users 24 hours per day.
4. The contractor shall provide the Royal Society of Chemistry 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.
d. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to journal content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason.
5. The contractor shall provide access to the purchased 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.
6. The contractor shall provide monthly COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for all users including commonly recognized data elements.
Journals included in RSC Gold:
2026 RSC Gold eJournal Title-List Online ISSN 2026
Volume Analyst 1364-5528 151 Analytical Methods 1759-9679 18 Biomaterials Science 2047-4849 14 Catalysis Science & Technology 2044-4761 16 Chemical Communications 1364-548X 62 Chemical Society Reviews 1460-4744 55 CrystEngComm 1466-8033 28 Dalton Transactions 1477-9234 55 Energy & Environmental Science 1754-5706 19 Environmental Science: Nano 2051-8161 13 Environmental Science, Process & Impacts 2050-7895 28 Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2053-1419 12 Faraday Discussions 1364-5498 263-268 Food & Function 2042-650X 17 Green Chemistry 1463-9270 28 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2052-1553 13 Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 1364-5544 41 Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2050-7496 14 Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2050-7518 14 Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2050-7534 14 Lab on a Chip 1473-0189 26 Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2052-1537 10 Materials Horizons 2051-6355 13 Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 2058-9689 11 Nanoscale 2040-3372 18 Nanoscale Horizons 2055-6764 11 Natural Product Reports 1460-4752 43 New Journal of Chemistry 1369-9261 50 Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 1477-0539 24 Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2052-4129 13 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 1463-9084 28 Polymer Chemistry 1759-9962 17 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2058-9883 11 MSC Medicinal Chemistry 2632-8682 7 Soft Matter 1744-6848 22 Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2398-4902 10
Schedule of Deliverables
Task 1.
Provide perpetual electronic access to subscribed Royal Society of Chemistry content
Upon award
Task 2.
Provide and maintain administrative credentials for access to the institutional administrative interface for the purposes of customization, usage data retrieval and other administrative purposes, as permitted by the system.
Within 5 days of award
Task 3.
Provide COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for all users including commonly recognized data elements.
Monthly
| 1. The contractor shall provide authenticated, un-embargoed perpetual electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to Royal Society of Chemistry journals in the RSC Gold collection, and the Merck Index Online for use by all USDA emplo... |
| 2. In addition to internal use, authorized users have the right to use subscribed content of the Royal Society of Chemistry journals and database for ordinary business, scholarly and educational purposes of the Government, including but not limited to... |
| 3. The contractor shall make the subscribed Royal Society of Chemistry content accessible by authorized users 24 hours per day. |
| 4. The contractor shall provide the Royal Society of Chemistry journals in accordance with the following terms and conditions: |
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