FA8604-16-N-7978.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, ProQuest LLC, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) (only one source reasonably available) on or about 15 December 2015. The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 01 January 2016 – 31 December 2016. Two one-year options are anticipated that would extend the PoP through 31 December 2018.

FSC: 7630

NAICS: 519130

Size Standard: 500 employees

Subscription name: Dialog

Supplier name: ProQuest

Product description: The Dialog database specializes in professional content and workflow solutions for pharmaceutical, engineering, and patents research. Access is limited to library staff, as the service is priced based on the amount of usage. The AFRL Library has access to the following databases with Dialog:

- AGRICOLA

- Environmental Abstracts

- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts

- Toxicology Abstracts, ToxFile®

Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:

• Covers a broad range of pharmaceutical and engineering disciplines, with a focus on pharmaceutical testing and evaluation literature.

• Search interface that includes numerous primary categories and ability to perform keyword and other specialized topical queries for effective searches.

• The ability to download HTML or PDF versions of documents.

• eJournals, eBooks, and papers and chapters dating back several decades.

• Multiple language translations of content.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received within 20 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.

If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply.

A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Contractors should be aware of the following information:

1. Contractors must include the following information:

a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned

Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

d. Company CAGE Code or DUNS Number.

2. In your response, you must address how your product meets the product characteristics specified above.

3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format.

Responses should be emailed to David Noffsinger at david.noffsinger@us.af.mil and Jason Correll at jason.correll.2@us.af.mil no later than 05 November 2015, 2:00 PM EST. Any questions should be directed to David Noffsinger through email.