NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (773 ESS) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to a single source Elsevier B.V., under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) (only one source reasonably available) on 30 September 2024. The period of performance (PoP) shall be: 30 September 2024 – 29 September 2025.

PSC: 7630

NAICS: 513120

Small Business Size Standard: 1,000 employees

Subscription: Science Direct

Supplier: Elsevier B.V

Product Description: : DAFL Libraries needs access to Science Direct, and subsequently the publications "Annals of Nuclear Energy", Computers & Geosciences", "Journal of Environmental Radioactivity", and "Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.” Our dedicated nuclear treaty monitoring team of scientists, engineers and research personnel require information from these vital publications in order to perform their day-to-day jobs.

This science direct must be able to provide full text online access with a perpetual license to the following journals: Annals of Nuclear Energy, Computers & Geosciences, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. The online database must be a part of a larger scholarly portfolio that supports the database and can be searched in conjunction with the other resources. Must provide peer reviewed journals and scholarly publications provide require information for our dedicated nuclear treaty monitoring team of scientists, engineers and research personnel publications in order to perform their day-to-day jobs. Must provide mission-critical information as becomes available; directly addressing the unique nature of the AFTAC mission. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Must be able to meet the technical and security requirement for access to STINFO systems

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received by 26 September 2024, 12:00 PM, CST for this notice. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Contractors Should Be Aware of the Following Information:

1. Contractors MUST include the following information:

a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business.

Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

d. Company CAGE Code and UEI.

2. If this posting specifically references brand name products, offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those specifically referenced. Responses must address how the alternate product meets the product characteristics specified above.

3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word or PDF compatible format.

Responses shall be e-mailed to Contracting Specialist: Gustavo Guadron at Gustavo.Guadron@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer Ernest Medina at ernest.medina.2@us.af.mil no later than 26 September 2024 at 12:00 PM CST.