RFQ N6227120Q5003.pdf

Knovel eBook Collections Annual Subscription 2020 Dudley Knox Library (DKL) Naval Postgraduate School

This Request for Quote (RFQ), N6227120Q5003 for the Naval Postgraduate School is prepared accordance with in FAR 13, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures, and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The NAICS associated with this purchase is 511199.

NPS has a Sole Source procurement for subscription access for the Knovel eBook Database provided by Elsevier B.V. The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) intends to award a Fixed Firm Price purchase order to Elsevier B.V, for access to the Knovel eBook Database for a base period of two months and four option periods consisting of 12 months each.

DKL maintains a curated portfolio of information products from a variety of credible and proprietary sources supporting teaching, learning, and research needs of NPS students and faculty. Selection is based on relevance to curricula and research interest, the quality of content, and some technical delivery preferences. The annual subscription to the Knovel eBook Collections provides current engineering data and technical references in these broad subject areas: Aerospace & Defense, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Engineering Design & Construction, Education & Research, and Equipment Manufacturing. It supports instruction and research primarily in the GSEAS and GSOIS departments.

Minimal Technical Requirements/Salient Characteristics:

• IP-based access

• Available on a platform already in use

• Unlimited simultaneous user access

• Scholarly content

• Powerful data searching capability

• Content discoverable through Primo (library resource discovery tool)

• Unique, single-supplier proprietary content

• Interactive objects derived from static graphs, equations, and tables, with data analysis tools to optimize use of these interactive objects

• Integrated online engineering tools such as Autodesk, AutoCAD, and MS Excel

• Chapters downloadable as PDFs

• COUNTER-compliant usage reporting

• Personalized accounts available

• Citations exportable to bibliographic management software

• Mobile-friendly platform

Schedules of Supplies

CLIN DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES QTY U / I U / P E / P

0001 Knovel eBook Database Access Subscription

1/1/2020 – 2/29/2020 – 2 month access 1 Each

1001 Option Period One Knovel eBook Database Access Subscription 3/1/2020 - 2/29/2021 – 12 month access

1 Each

1002 Option Period Two Knovel eBook Database Access Subscription 3/1/2021 - 2/29/2022 – 12 month access

1 Each

1003 Option Period Three Knovel eBook Database Access Subscription 3/1/2022 - 2/29/2023 – 12 month access

1 Each

1004 Option Period Four Knovel eBook Database Access Subscription 3/1/2023 - 2/29/2024 – 12 month access

1 Each

Total Price

Delivery Address:

Naval Postgraduate School via on-line access Delivery Date: within the date of the start of the period of performance

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF QUOTATION:

Naval Postgraduate School is an educational institution; please submit quotes with any educational discounts that may apply.

All terms and conditions must be submitted with the technical quote and any vendor Government specific terms and conditions. Vendor must provide all details of commercially available subscription details and terms and End User License Agreements.

Quotes submitted should include shipping and/or handling fees and are to be fixed firm price. Please include subject matter and accessories commercially available in support of the requirement.

Quotes are to be e mailed to the NPS Contracting Office Point of Contact, Robbie Johnson at rajohnso@nps.edu.

The proposal shall be submitted no later than 12 PM PST December 16, 2019 and shall be valid for 30 days.

POINTS OF CONTACT:

NPS Contract Specialist Name: Robbie Johnson Phone: 831-656-3242 Email: rajohnso@nps.edu

PAPERLESS CONTRACTING:

All contractual documents (i.e. contracts, purchase orders, task orders, delivery orders and modifications) related to the instant procurement are considered to be "issued" by the government when copies are either deposited in the mail, transmitted by facsimile, or sent by other electronic commerce methods, such as email. The government's acceptance of the contractor's proposal constitutes bilateral agreement to "issue" contractual documents as detailed herein.

CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following FAR / DFAR clauses are incorporated by reference:

52.204-99 System for Award Management Registration AUG 2012 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items OCT 2018 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services NOV 1999 52.232-1 Payments APR 1984 52.233-3 Protest After Award AUG 1996 52.233-4 Applicable Law For Breach Of Contract Claim OCT 2004 52.243-1 Changes—Fixed Price AUG 1987 52.249-1 Termination For Convenience Of The Government (Fixed Price) (Short Form) APR 1984 252.225-7000 Buy American Act – Balance of Payments Program Certificate NOV 2014 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program DEC 2017 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors DEC 2017 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission Of Payment Requests And Receiving Reports DEC 2018

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT:

52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— “Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity to establish additional System for Award Management records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity.

“Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)” means that–

(1) The Offeror has entered all mandatory information, including the unique entity identifier and the EFT indicator, if applicable, the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, as well as data required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (see subpart 4.14) into SAM

(2) The offeror has completed the Core, Assertions, and Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM;

https://www.acquisition.gov/content/subpart-3211-electronic-funds-transfer#i1080713 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/subpart-414-reporting-executive-compensation-and-first-tier-subcontract-awards#i1121746

(3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields, to include validation of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The offeror will be required to provide consent for TIN validation to the Government as a part of the SAM registration process; and

(4) The Government has marked the record “Active”.

“Unique entity identifier” means a number or other identifier used to identify a specific commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity. See www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers.

(b)

(1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.

(2) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The Offeror also shall enter its EFT indicator, if applicable. The unique entity identifier will be used by the Contracting Officer to verify that the Offeror is registered in the SAM.

(c) If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishment of the unique entity identifier directly to obtain one. The Offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:

(1) Company legal business name.

(2) Tradestyle, doing business, or other name by which your entity is commonly recognized.

(3) Company physical street address, city, state, and Zip Code.t

(4) Company mailing address, city, state and Zip Code (if separate from physical).

(5) Company telephone number.

(6) Date the company was started.

(7) Number of employees at your location.

(8) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(9) Line of business (industry).

(10) Company headquarters name and address (reporting relationship within your entity).

(d) Processing t ime should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered in SAM should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. See https://ww.sam.gov for information on registration.

52.217-9: Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within two (2) days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least five (5) days before the contract expires.

The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed two (2) years.

(End of Clause) http://www.sam.gov/

52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items (MAR

2011) (DEVIATION)

(a) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (a) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215- 2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(b)

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of any other clause in this contract, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (b)(i) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (Pub. L. 110-252, Title VI, Chapter 1 (41 U.S.C. 251 note)).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $550,000 ($1,000,000 for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) Reserved.

(iv) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246).

(v) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vi) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(vii) Reserved

(viii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, (Nov 2007), (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.)

(ix) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

___ Alternate I (Aug 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

(x) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

(xi) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (Feb 2009) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.)

(xii) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Jan 2009).

(xiii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (Mar 2009) (Pub. L. 110-247). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xiv) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S.- Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C.

2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(End of Clause)

SUPTXT243-9400 (1-92) AUTHORIZED CHANGES ONLY BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER (JAN 1992)

a. Except as specified in paragraph (b) below, no order, statement, or conduct of Government personnel who visit the Contractor's facilities or in any other manner communicates with Contractor personnel during the performance of this contract shall constitute a change under the "Changes" clause of this contract.

b. The Contractor shall not comply with any order, direction or request of Government personnel unless it is issued in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer, or is pursuant to specific authority otherwise included as a part of this contract.

c. The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to approve changes in any of the requirements of this contract and notwithstanding provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely the Contracting Officer's.

In the event the contractor effects any change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in charges incurred as a result thereof. The address and telephone number of the Contracting Officer is:

Technical and Contractual Questions Concerning This Solicitation - All questions concerning this procurement, either technical or contractual must be submitted in writing via e mail to the Contracting Office. No direct discussion between the technical representative and a prospective offeror will be conducted unless it is deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer. Questions shall be sent to the following point of contact: Robbie Johnson, rajohnso@nps.edu , 831-656-3242.

mailto:rajohnso@nps.edu