Current Vendor List_Individual Justifications.pdf

Vendor Name CAGE Justification

ACM (Association For Computing Machinery, Inc.)

2G062

Exclusive content via their ACM Digital Library not available from any other vendor in the market. The ACM database is available for unlimited simultaneous user access, features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use only available from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). This ACM database provides access to in-depth, copyrighted, peer-reviewed research in all areas of computer sciences and allied fields.

AIP Publishing LLC 71KT9

Exclusive legal copyright to the interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article, book, or chapter citation published across all journal archives accessible in all geographically disbursed locations. These sources are vital to the users of the effectiveness of the AFRL libraries and the physics technical field.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

1JJH3

The depth and breadth of the AAAS electronic publications make them the only feasible supplier that can meet the AFRL libraries' needs in one place with the necessary functionality and access and provide customers with an all-inclusive scientific literature collection. AAAS has exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article it publishes. These sources are vital to the users of the AFRL libraries, and to the effectiveness of the technical database.

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 04059

Up-to-date, real-time access to an electronic reference resource focused on the many sub-fields of chemical science, specifically, relating to aerospace engineering and materials science. Open access and unlimited simultaneous user access, and features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. Exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article it publishes. These sources are vital to the users of the AFRL Library consortium, and to the effectiveness of the technical database.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS

AND ASTRONAUTICS, INC

1CYY2

Up-to-date, real-time access to an electronic database focused on aeronautics and astronautics with unlimited simultaneous user access, and features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. In-depth, peer-reviewed research in the areas of aeronautics and astronautics and allied fields. No other vendor is able to provide the expansive collection of scientific literature required by the libraries. AIAA has exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright to the society from the authors of each article it publishes. These sources are vital to the users of the AFRL Library consortium, and to the effectiveness of the technical database.

American Mathematical Society 3A992

AMS is the only online portal licensed to vend Mathematical Reviews (MR) as a digital database version. MS is the only subscription product that provides a centralized location for mathematical research citations and specialized mathematics topical indexing codes, via their MathSciNet. The database is the premier search tool for discovering mathematics research literature, and recognizing co-citations in all areas of mathematics. MathSciNet is an essential tool of the Mathematics Department at AFIT, and all other departments and centers. Access to MathSciNet affects the quality of every research effort within AFIT.

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY 00ZC0

The APS electronic journal collection is available for unlimited simultaneous user access, and features copyrighted, full-text content that can be downloaded for off line use. The required scientific journals are only available from APS.

Topics covered in this subscription include all aspects of the field of physics. This APS electronic journal collection provides access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research in the area of physics and allied fields. No other vendor is able to provide the expansive collection of scientific literature required by the libraries.

American Society for Testing and Materials 81346

The ASTM database is available for unlimited simultaneous users to access, and features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. This database is only available from the ASTM International. here is no other collection of peer-reviewed academic literature in the fields of materials engineering and testing comparable to the copyrighted content of the COMPASS® database provided by ASTM. The depth and breadth of their database is an essential quality to the AFRL libraries' requirements. Exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article it publishes.

American Society of Civil Engineers 09ZE7

Backfiles/archives provide journal volumes that are not available to regular subscribers of the respective journals or via resellers. ASCE holds the copyright on the material under the format required (online PDF articles over the internet, with perpetual access, compatible with mobile deceives). ASCE also provides the on demand, fully searchable digital library of preeminent electronic journaled, conference proceedings, and standards int he fields of civil engineering. Only centralized location for highly-cited civil engineering research data required by AFIT for current and past years with access to all journals on a single website.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers 05047 ASME provides exclusive content via their digital collection of peer-reviewed, copyrighted, academic literature on mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and materials science that meets the needs and quality required for AFRL scientists and engineers in all locations to conduct their research and meet the AFRL mission requirements.

Cambridge University Press 44S43

Subscription provides a focused scope in the fields of the sciences, engineering and technology, and other affiliated areas and offers a tailored collection of electronic reference resources for scientists and engineers (S&Es). Provides access to full-text titles, primarily peer-reviewed journals. Due to the differing research missions of the individual AFRL technical directorates that the libraries support, the required database needs to be all-inclusive of the different materials and allow S&Es the ability to effectively and efficiently research the required research topics. It is available through the individual AFRL libraries' websites or intranet sites via the EZproxy authentication service, as well as, provide their own interface that can be accessed through an independent website. It allows material to be downloaded to provide off-line access in situations with low or no internet access.

CINDAS LLC 3E5B5

The CINDAS LLC databases and handbooks offer exclusive content via their website not available from any other vendor in the market (specifically, the following resources: Aerospace and High Performance Alloys Database (AHAD), Damage Tolerant Design Handbook (DTDH), Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database (MPMD), Structural Alloys Handbook (SAH), and Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database (TPMD)). The CINDAS databases and handbooks are available for unlimited simultaneous users to access, and feature full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. These databases and handbooks are only available from CINDAS LLC. These CINDAS databases and handbooks provide access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research in all areas of aeronautics and astronautics.

Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC 1U227

Collection of peer-reviewed academic literature covering the broad fields of scientific research comparable to the copyrighted content of these publications provided by Clarivate Analytics. The depth and breadth of their collection is an essential quality to the Franzello Aeromedical library's requirements. Substantial government funds have already been invested by the library in purchasing archival access to content in the Web of Science databases back to 1900. A current subscription is necessary to maintain access to these "backfiles". This subscription will need to meet the information needs of a wide variety of USAFSAM scientists and engineers (S&Es).

EBSCO 002M2

EBSCO has exclusive legal copyright to the interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article, eBook, or chapter published. These sources are vital to the users of the AFIT library, and to the effectiveness of the technical database. Journals, subscriptions, and eBooks are not available elsewhere in the format and terms required. EBSCO also distributes American Psychological Association (APA) publications.

Elsevier B.V./Inc. 1J06/43D

Science Direct and Pure: This collection is unique due to its depth and breadth of content. No other single publisher or database collection can provide comparable peer-reviewed academic content, including access to required ebooks and journals. copus / SciVal: Extensive proprietary abstracts and citations from their database covering nearly 26,000+ active serial titles, 243,400+ book titles, and over 17.5 million open access items from 7,000+ publishers, of which most are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields in life, social, physical and health sciences. It covers three types of sources: book series, journals, and trade journals. Engineering Village: The specific engineering content requires coverage of topics such as earth, ecology, environmental, geology, human geography, and physical geography sciences as well as US and European patents, Inspec database, and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Bibliographic Database. Only Elsevier's Engineering Village subscription includes Grant Funding Data and Numerical Indexing which allows researchers to find additional content based upon agency and funding relationships and numeric data that is exclusive to Elsevier's compendium.

EMERALD PUBLISHING LIMITED KC6S8

Emerald is the only subscription product that provides a centralized location for the highly-cited operations and quality assurance research data needed by AFIT. No other vendor can provide the current years (the latest research) of Emerald journals, nor can they offer all the journals at once on a single website with the required features. Emerald is the exclusive avenue for several Emerald titles listed in the J&A. Without these titles, AFIT would be denied a wide breadth topics within the collection, in very central research fields of the Air Force mission.

IET USA, Inc. 6YTK5

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) eBooks collections with perpetual access is vital to the ongoing mission. There is no other collection of peer-reviewed academic literature covering the broad fields of electrical and electronics engineering research comparable to the copyrighted content of these publications. The subscription must offer the collection and services to meet the needs of a broad user base, provide high quality resources, and be accessible in all locations. he IET has exclusive legal copyright to the interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article, book, or chapter published. These sources are vital to the users of the AFRL libraries, and to the effectiveness of the technical database. The market research did not provide for any known replacement of the curated content provided by IET.

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS

97566

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electronic Library. This includes the journals, conferences, and industry standards published by the Institute, as well as select journals from their partner societies. Peer-edited full-text on-line journals and peer-edited digital editions of IEEE and IET conference proceedings. The journals and conferences in the requirement provide research content (articles and data tables) that is unique to those respective journals. Exclusive content via their IEEE Xplore product not available from any other vendor in the market and they do not resell this content using any third-party agents. The IEEE database is available for unlimited simultaneous users to access, and features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. This database is only available from IEEE. This IEEE database provides access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research in all areas of electrical and electronics engineering. eBooks perpetual access collections vital for AFRL mission using peer-reviewed academic literature with exclusive copyright to interfaces and publications.

IOP PUBLISHING LIMITED KCJL3

Institute of Physics (IOP) provides collections of peer-reviewed academic literature in the field of physics comparable to the copyrighted content of the IOPscience database provided by IOP. The depth and breadth of their database is an essential quality to the AFRL libraries' requirements. he subscription must offer the collection and services to meet the needs of a broad user base, provide high quality resources, and be accessible in all locations. The depth and breadth of the Institute of Physics (IOP) – IOPscience database make it the only feasible supplier that can meet the AFRL libraries' needs and provide customers with an all-inclusive physics database. There are not comparable databases in the market that would cover all of these aspects of the field of physics in one place with the same functionality and access.

ITHAKA HARBORS INC. 1PGD1

Ithaka is the only vendor with the ability to provide JSTOR Arts and Sciences VII as a collection under one portal, as one cost and in a format suitable for AFIT/AFRL research requirements. JSTOR is the only digital source for archived journals without an annual recurring subscription for applied mathematics, business, economics and multi-discipline fields.

John Wiley & Sons 95543

Access to the Wiley full Online Book Catalog (over 15,000 electronic book titles). In addition, the Usage-Based Collection Management model (UBCM) utilized by Wiley allows the AFRL technical libraries and partners to retain permanent ownership rights to a select number of Wiley electronic book titles based on their levels of usage at the end of the contract period of performance. This is not a benefit that Wiley-Blackwell offers through any third party vendors. There is no other collection of peer-reviewed academic literature covering the broad fields of scientific research comparable to the copyrighted content of these publications provided by Wiley-Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons). The depth and breadth of their collection is an essential quality to the AFRL and partner library's requirements.

OCLC, INC 9Z000

Access to this service from the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) is necessary for the successful day-to-day operations of the AFRL libraries, both for the libraries' customers and staffs. meet the needs of a broad user base, provide rapid access to subscribed electronic resources, and be accessible in all locations. The flexibility of the OCLC EZproxy hosted authentication service makes it the only feasible supplier that can meet the AFRL libraries' needs and provide customers with an all-inclusive authentication solution. There are not comparable resources in the market that would cover all of aspects of this function in one place with the same level of access. OCLC has exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and tools. These products are vital to the staff of the AFRL libraries, and to the effectiveness of the libraries' services to their customers. The market research did not provide for any known replacement of the EZproxy service provided by OCLC.

Pitchbook Data, Inc. 77SN9

No other company or product offers this level of information or details, by themselves. AFRL/RQ would have to purchase multiple subscriptions from various separate companies and then combine the data/information themselves in order to get the same level of information and data, that the Pitchbook site offers. Other companies that try to provide a similar service as PitchBook utilize Artificial Intelligence and/or add in news stories or bias insights from their perspective into the tool/information which is not reliable for mission needs. AFRL/RQ is looking specifically for the data that Pitchbook offers on emerging markets, technologies, materials and other technologies critical to AFRL/RQ's missions. Lastly, this tool is only offered by this one contractor, and does not have any resellers for this subscription.

PROQUEST LLC 3E922

ProQuest databases are available for unlimited simultaneous user access, and feature full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. Topics covered in this subscription include all aspects of aerospace engineering and materials science. The ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection includes two collections, made up of numerous sub-databases. ProQuest has exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and data sets, as well as exclusively owning some of the included full-text content. The publisher does not market their web products through any other distributors, so the content is not available from any other source, thereby making this a sole source acquisition year after year. The specific research articles, via the ProQuest library subscription database, are vital to the users of the AFRL Library consortium and to the effectiveness of the technical database.

SAE INTERNATIONAL 0U583

SAE offers exclusive up-to-date, real-time access to electronic literature collections and content not available from any other vendor in the market. The SAE MOBILUS and the SAE backfiles and eBooks are available for unlimited simultaneous user access, and feature full-text content that can be downloaded for off-line use. The required scientific literature is only available from SAE. Topics covered in this subscription include all aspects of the field of transportation engineering. here is no other collection of peer-reviewed academic literature in the field of transportation engineering comparable to the copyrighted content of the electronic journal collection provided by SAE. The depth and breadth of their publications are an essential quality to the AFRL library's requirements.

SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 1H499

Sage STM journal collections, offers exclusive content not available from any other vendor in the market via their SAGE Publishing database, which is available for unlimited simultaneous user access, and features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. The Sage STM journal collection, is only available from SAGE publishing Topics covered in this subscription include all aspects of the field of physics. The SAGE STM journal collection provides access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research in the area of physics and allied fields. No other vendor is able to provide the expansive collection of academic literature required by the libraries.

SIRSI CORPORATION 0EXJ8

Provides EOS International is the unique source for the above integrated library system (EOS. Web Academic), its products are not available from another source, and are necessary for the day-to-day operations of the AFRL-AFIT, NASIC, and USAFSAM scientific and research libraries on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Sole source acquisition is justified because EOS International is the only manufacturer and distributor of this software and has exclusive copyright to this system. EOS does not allow their system to be purchased from other sources, nor do we have the option of going directly to other vendors to purchase this system. The EOS. Web Academic integrated library system is the only ILS that will allow connectivity with other off-site AFRL libraries that make use of EOS.

Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics

4H233

The depth and breadth of the SIAM - Industrial and applied mathematics journal publications database make them the only feasible supplier that can meet the AFRL/AFIT/AFOSR libraries' needs and provide customers with all-inclusive research databases. There are not comparable databases on the market that would cover all general aspects of a large range of science and engineering fields in one place with the same functionality and access. The Industrial and applied mathematics journal databases are available for unlimited simultaneous users to access and feature full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. These databases are only available from SIAM as publisher. These SIAM databases provide access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research in areas of science and engineering. No other vendor can provide the expansive collection of academic literature required by the libraries.

SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS

1P660

SPIE, International Society for Optics and Photonics, offers exclusive content via their SPIE Digital Library not available from any other vendor in the market. The SPIE database is available for unlimited simultaneous user access, and features full-text content that can be downloaded for offline use. SPIE provides up-to-date, real-time access to an electronic reference resource focused on the areas of the sciences, engineering and technology, and other affiliated disciplines, especially those relating to aerospace engineering and materials science required by AFRL researchers and scientists. SPIE has exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article it publishes.

SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CENTER LLC

7QDH9

The depth and breadth of the Springer Nature – SpringerLink and Nature.com Complete publications databases make them the only feasible supplier that can meet the AFRL libraries' needs and provide customers with all-inclusive research databases. There are not comparable databases on the market that would cover all general aspects of a large range of science and engineering fields in one place with the same functionality and access. Springer Nature has exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and publications, requiring the transfer of copyright from the authors of each article it publishes. As publisher, Springer Nature does not re-sell its SpringerLink and Nature.com complete product using any third party suppliers. These sources are vital to the users of the AFRL Library consortium, and to the effectiveness of the technical database.

Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 437M9

The collections of these certain ebooks provided by Taylor and Francis are not available together elsewhere in the format and terms required. Although other publishers such as ASCE or IEEE or Morgan & Claypool publish their own e-books in science and technology, much of this material is highly specialized in a single field of study. The unique value of this Taylor & Francis eBook product is sitewide access to the selection of over 24,400 eBooks. No other product puts the necessary content in one portal, without requiring additional payment.

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

U14P2

Oxford University Press is the only online portal licensed to carry the required journals, conference papers and industry standards as digital material in a format and scope that is suitable to the requirement. OUP M&PS is the only subscription product that provides a centralized location for the highly-cited applied mathematics, statistics and physical sciences research data needed by AFIT. While certain other vendors carry digital backfiles of certain Oxford journals, no vendor can provide the current years of Oxford journals, nor can they offer all the journals at once on a single website with the required features.

THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. 6V403

There is no other collection of peer-reviewed academic literature in the field of optics comparable to the copyrighted content of the Optica Publishing Group electronic library database provided by Optica. The depth and breadth of their database is an essential quality to the AFRL libraries' requirements. This subscription will need to meet the information needs of a wide variety of AFRL scientists and engineers (S&Es). This resource will provide information and data to technical libraries serving all eight AFRL technical directorates and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The subscription must offer the collection and services to meet the needs of a broad user base, provide high quality optics resources, and be accessible in all locations.

The Royal Society of Chemistry KCQ37

Unique offering of perpetual access to copyrighted content, ensuring indefinite and uninterrupted use, transfer copyright ownership, and publish Open Access articles on behalf of RSC. Guarantees long-term access. highly-focused scope on the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering/science and to offer a tailored collection of electronic journals for scientists and engineers (S&Es) that provides access to full-text titles, primarily peer-reviewed articles. Due to the differing research missions of the individual AFRL technical directorates that the library supports, the required literature collection needs to be all-inclusive of the different materials and allow S&Es the ability to effectively and efficiently research the required transportation engineering topics. The resource needs to provide full-text access to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) electronic journals.

THIRD IRON LLC 6X7R0

Exclusive legal copyright to its interfaces and platforms that provide research materials, databases, electronic books, journals and other services to all AFRL S&Es at Wright-Patterson AFB. Provides full-text access to the electronic journal subscription collections available through the AFRL library's website via the EZproxy authentication service, as well as, their own interface that can be accessed through an independent website. Allows material to be downloaded to provide offline access in situations with low or no internet access. The resource needs to provide online research tools from professionally curated and/or peer-reviewed sources that offer trusted information in abstracts, articles, and electronic journals. Only known source capable of providing this mix if resources and access to the AFRL technical directorates.

As of 20 Aug 2025

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