Notice of Intent to Sole Source EndNote.pdf

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war.

We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda.

The mission of the USU is to provide the highest quality education programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services.

Intended Recipient: Clarivate Analytics (US), LLC 3133 W. Frye Road Ste. 100 Chandler, AZ 85226.

Intent to Sole-Source:

USU intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Clarivate Analytics (US), LLC for the procurement of an institutional site-wide license agreement to the EndNote bibliographic research client software to include all software updates and technical support.

Sole Source Justification

The mission of USU is to provide the highest quality education and research programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services. As such, it is essential USU provide the necessary training and equipment required by our researchers in order to support the research efforts.

The procurement of the EndNote reference management software will further the accomplishment of the mission and responsibilities of USU. Clarivate Analytics (US), LLC is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the EndNote software. EndNote is proprietary software owned by Clarivate. Individual licenses can be procured from various vendors, however, an institutional site-wide licenses are only available from Clarivate Analytics (US), LLC. EndNote reference management software package is used to manage bibliographies and references when writing academic essays, reports and articles. Although there are products similar in functionality to EndNote, these products are cloud based and would not meet the required DoD’s FedRAMP security compliance. Therefore, Clarivate Analytics (US), LLC is the only source reasonably available to meet the Government’s needs.

This requirement will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

In accordance with 5.207(c)(16)(i), all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and that the interested potential Offeror can meet the needs of the Government as stated above. Information received will be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. Responses must be received via email at shea.foster@usuhs.edu by 5:00PM (EDT) on Thursday, 28 August 2025.