Sources Sought Notice_Springer Subscription.docx

NIST Document Type: Sources Sought Notice / Notice of Intent to Sole Source Procurement Identifier: NIST-AMD-F-SSNOI-26-LRM001 Title: Springer Nature Subscription

BACKGROUND:

The National institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Research Library and Museum (aka the Library), through teams focusing on Resources, Access & Data, Outreach & Marketing, and Museum & Archives, provides professional scientific and technical information assistance to a community of 3,000 scientists and researchers throughout their research and publishing cycles. The Library provides accurate, high quality, and timely research consulting and information products and ensures that users can discover and obtain the digital and print resources needed to support NIST’s mission. A large part of the information resources made available to the NIST researchers are e-resources in the form of e-journals, digitized versions of NIST technical publications, databases, and e-books made accessible through the Library website. The history of NIST’s accomplishments and contributions to measurement science is captured and made available to researchers around the world through the Library website.

REQUIREMENT:

NIST requires subscription services for electronic access to Springer journal content, Nature journal titles, Scientific American, and a Transformative Agreement for Springer journals with article processing charge (APC) support for NIST researchers.

SPECIFICATIONS:

NIST requires subscription services to electronically access to Springer Nature journal content and access to subscribed Nature journal titles and Scientific American. Access must also include a Transformative Agreement for Springer journals with article processing charge (APC) support for NIST researchers. See specifications below:

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HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE:

In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORRMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response. Submit your response via email to Rene Edwards, Contract Specialist and Robert Singman, Contracting Officer on or before the closing date and time of this notice. Closing date for responses is by 9:00 am ET on Friday December 5 2025.

· Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company’s Unique Entity ID (UEI).

· Identify any aspects of the description of the requirements in the BACKGROUND section above that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers that adversely affect your firm’s ability to fully participate in a procurement for such services and explain why. Please offer suggestions for how the requirements could be organized or structured to encourage the participation of small businesses.

· Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business. See the Table of Small Business Size Standards and the associated .pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information.

· If your firm has existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts for services against which the Department may be able to place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information

IMPORTANT NOTES:

The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirement soon.

This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations.

No award will be made because of this notice.

The NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.

The NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.