v2_Notice_of_Intent_for_EBSCOhosts_online_product_Business_Source_Corporate_Subscription_Renewal.pdf

Notice of Intent

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to make a sole source award to EBSCO Industries, Inc. for EBSCOhost's online product - Business Source Corporate Subscription Renewal. EBSCO Industries, Inc. is the sole source provider of the Business Source Corporate Database via EBSCO.

EBSCOhost's online product is used to provide PBGC’s professional staff research services in support of our mission. This includes business and company research, historic and current awareness content. EBSCO Industries, Inc. will permit PBGC access to exclusive materials, such as, Business Source Complete, Regional Business News, and McClatchy-Tribune Collection. Eight (8) simultaneous users will have unlimited on site and remote access with IP authentication from PBGC's Intranet to EBSCOhost's web databases.

The period of performance is for One twelve month base year and Four twelve month option periods.

This is not a Request for Quotation, but a notice of Intent. An RFQ will not be issued.

Interested parties may submit their capability statements for the required services to Judene Dayes at dayes.judene@pbgc.gov no later than February 7, 2017, 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Responses received will be evaluated, however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will not reimburse any costs connected with providing the capability information. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice.

mailto:dayes.judene@pbgc.gov