Single_Source_Justification.pdf

Single Source Justification (Simplified Acquisition)

SAF/AQCP Template | 1 May 2014 Page 1 of 1

Section A: General Contract Information

Contracting Activity: 45 CONS/LGCB Purchase Request/ Identification Number:

F3KTG35015A001

Project/Program Name: EBSCO PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, and SocINDEX with Full Text

Estimated Contract Cost (including Options):

Section B: Description of the Supplies/Services Required

In support of the educational and research missions of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), the staff members, students, and visiting scholars require access to PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and SocINDEX with full text. Accomplishment of these missions requires in-depth scholarly materials in the fields of psychology and sociology. PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and SocINDEX with full text are extensive research databases. PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES are products of the American Psychological Association (APA). PsycARTICLES contains more than 150,000 full-text articles, including those from all the APA published journals (not available elsewhere). PsycINFO contains more than 3 million bibliographic records in the field of psychology (including APA exclusive content not available elsewhere). It is the most comprehensive and authoritative bibliographic database in the field. SocINDEX with full text is an EBSCO product. It contains more than 2.1 million records, including full text for more than 860 journals, 830 books and monographs, and 16,800 conference papers in the field of sociology and some other closely related disciplines (law, medicine, etc.). No other product on the market matches this scope.

Section C: Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source

PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES are databases produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). APA licenses several vendors to distribute these products, including EBSCO. SocINDEX with full text is a database produced and distributed exclusively by EBSCO. Out of all the APA authorized vendors for PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES only EBSCO can provide PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES and SocINDEX with full text. Purchasing all three databases from EBSCO provides the following advantages:

1. One powerful, convenient, sophisticated interface for all three products.

2. One vendor to deal with on such issues as training, support, trouble-shooting, etc.

3. Package discount.

Section D: Efforts to Obtain Competition

Web sites of APA, EBSCO and other vendors were researched and consulted.

Section E: Steps to Preclude Future Single Source Awards

The DEOMI Librarian will continually monitor mission requirements of DEOMI staff, students, and visiting scholars to determine if changes in mission might lead to the ability of the requirement for scholarly resources in the fields of psychology and sociology to be fulfilled by other vendors' packages.

Section F: Contracting Officer's Determination

I have determined, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), that the circumstances of this contract action deem only a single source is reasonably available.

Date

29-Jan-2015

Typed Name and Rank/Grade of Contracting Officer

CARDIN F. CROSSLAND

Signature of Contracting Officer

CROSSLAND.CARDIN.F.111005

Digitally signed by CROSSLAND.CARDIN.F.1110055710 DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI, ou=USAF, cn=CROSSLAND.CARDIN.F.1110055710 Date: 2015.01.29 11:08:34 -05'00'