JA_AIP Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification and Approval (J&A) for a sole source contract between the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The contract will provide NRL researchers access to licensed scientific journal content, digital archives, and intellectual property rights for a 5-year period (with 4 option years). The total contract period will be 12 months, with each period fully funded, and the estimated total contract cost is redacted.

The sole source justification is based on AIP's unique position as the sole provider of specific scientific literature and media content that NRL researchers require. AIP holds the copyright, intellectual property rights, and distribution rights for the journals, and no other supplier can provide the necessary license. The Naval Research Laboratory Contracting Division will use simplified acquisition procedures under FAR 13.5, and the contract will be a firm fixed-price using Simplified Acquisition Procedure (SAP). A Sources Sought Notice was previously posted on SAM.gov from July 2025 to August 2025, with no responses received, further supporting the sole source determination.