Intent to Sole Source - Copyright Clearance.pdf

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

CCC Annual Copyright License Agreements

The 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL intends to award a sole source contract to

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, for the purchase of CCC’s Annual Copyright License Agreements. The North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) Code is 519290. CCC’s Annual Copyright License Agreements are only accessible by one provider to process orders against the annual copyright licenses.

Unlike from Federal Government licensing agreements, Copyright Clearance Center provides customers like Education Support Squadron “one-stop shopping” so they don’t have to ask permission from individual copyright holders and can instead search and request any and all copyright information under one platform. Currently, CCC is the sole organization that makes such rights available “in bulk,” and no other vendors can supply this.

Description of the Requirement:

Air University’s Education Support Squadron (ESS) requires academic annual Copyright renewal license contract from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc for Global College, Squadron Officer

School (SOS), Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), and Air War College (AWC). CCC is the only known provider of the services embodies in the annual copyright license agreements, transactional and other services. The academic annual copyright renewal license is a single, comprehensive license that allows faculty, librarians, researchers, staff, and students to reuse text-based copyrighted content for educational purposes, while respecting the intellectual property of others. The license was designed with input from hundreds of academic professionals from more than 50 colleges and universities.

CLIN DESCRIPTION QTY

0001 Global College Annual Copyright Clearance License

21 October 2022 – 30 June 2022

12000

EA

0002 SOS Annual Copyright Clearance License

21 October 2022- 30 June 2022

EA

0003 ACSC Annual Copyright Clearance License

21 October 2022- 30 June 2022

EA

0004 AWC Annual Copyright Clearance License

21 October 2022- 30 June 2022

EA

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. This is not a request for quotes and no solicitation is available.

2. A determination not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received in response to this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

3. Respondents are discouraged from submitting any information deemed competition-sensitive or proprietary.

4. Respondents will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred in responding to this intent to sole source (ISS). Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents.

5. Oral submissions of information will not be considered in response to this ISS. This sole source procurement is under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This will be a firm-fixed price contract for a period of performance of 21 Oct 2022 – 30 June 2023.

To assist the Government in determining if this acquisition is available for competition, please provide the following information:

1. GENERAL INFORMATION: Company’s full name, business size, address, point of contact and telephone number

2. CAPABILITIES: Please address the following regarding your capabilities in meeting the requirement described above.

a. Is your company capable of meeting the entire requirement?

b. If your response to question 2a. above is “Yes”, please provide supporting documentation that clearly demonstrates your company’s ability to meet this requirement.

c. Please provide any additional information that the Government should consider in determining if this requirement should be considered for competition.

3. If there are any other businesses that can provide the specified services described above, you must respond to this notice before 12 October 2022, 12:00PM CDT. If no responses are received by the above referenced time, a sole source contract may be awarded to

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.

Responses must be submitted to the points of contact indicated below:

Mr. William M. Griffiths Ms. Tatyana Webb

Contract Specialist Contracting Officer

Email: william.griffiths.5@us.af.mil Email: tatyana.webb@us.af.mil

Phone: 334-953-7393 Phone: 334-953-3538 mailto:william.griffiths.5@us.af.mil mailto:tatyana.webb@us.af.mil