INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE.pdf

This is a NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. The Army Contracting Command, Tenant Contracting Division, 6565 Surveillance Loop, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005‐1846 intends to issue a sole source, Firm‐Fixed Price contract, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

13.106‐1(b)(1)(i) soliciting from a single source. Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required to American Chemical Society 1155 Sixteeth St. NW, Washington DC 20036,. NAICS

Code is 519130, Business Size Standard Size is 1,000. The following items will be procured:

Scifinder Enterprise Database Subscription, Qty 1 each; base plus two option years.

CCDC CBC requires the purchase of Scifinder Enterprise Database Subscription. This item is mission critical and provides unique searching functionality to the proprietary chemical information contained in Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) databases. American Chemical Society is the sole source manufacturer and vendor for this Subscription. American Chemical Society is the only vendor that can grant access to Scifinder and MethodsNow content and there are no authorized resellers.

Please see the attachment labeled, “J&A” for further detail as to why this action is being negotiated solely with American Chemical Society, Cage Code: 019P5.

There are no solicitation documents; however, contractors interested in this requirement should submit a complete technical package, which provides clear and convincing evidence that they can meet the Government’s requirement. Vendors who are not registered in System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award will not be considered. Vendors may register with SAM by going on via web to https://www.sam.gov. Any responses received without completing SAM registration will be considered noncompliant. Further, the response should include any special requirements for a commercial contract (i.e., Commercial Financing, Warranty Provisions, Delivery Information, etc.) in accordance with FAR Part

12. Responses must be received no later than 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 24 March 2021.

Responses should be submitted electronically to Kashif.I.Reese.civ@mail.mil

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the government will consider all responses received by the response date stated above. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL NOT BE HONORED.