Requisition 1059378 - Statement of Work.pdf

ATTACHMENT 1

Statement of Work

I. Background Information

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) requires electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to the American Chemical Society All Access package of journals, ebooks, and online resources, with perpetual data rights to the subscribed journal content, and the ACS Read + Publish service.

II. Requirements

1. The contractor shall provide NAL electronic access via the internet to the American Chemical Society All Access collection including all ACS journals; the ACS Legacy Archives; ACS eBooks; ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication;

ACS Reagent Chemicals; ACS In Focus E-books; and Chemical & Engineering News: 1924 to the present.

2. Access to these publications will be for use by all USDA employees, contractors, cooperators and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA, and authorized public on-site users.

3. All USDA locations worldwide are to be considered authorized premises.

4. In addition to internal use, authorized users have the right to use content of the journals for ordinary business, scholarly and educational purposes of the Government, including but not limited to viewing, printing, saving, reusing and disseminating content to other authorized users.

5. The contractor shall make the subscribed American Chemical Society content accessible 24 hours per day. Authorized users shall be granted access to the American Chemical Society journals through the IP authentication process without any impediments.

6. The contractor shall provide the subscribed American Chemical Society content in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

a. The authorized users shall have the right to use content during the term of the subscription.

b. The contractor shall grant perpetual data rights to the subscribed-to content.

c. Upon request by NAL the contractor shall provide the subscribed-to or purchased content in a mutually agreed-upon electronic medium and format.

d. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason.

7. The contractor shall provide monthly COUNTER-compliant usage data on subscribed American Chemical Society publications, including statistics described in terms of commonly recognized data elements. The contractor shall provide an annual report of the respective use of each journal by IP address.

8. The contractor shall provide access to the subscribed content and the administrative interface without imposing on the subscriber’s users any additional terms and conditions or similar restrictions that are not part of the contract. If the contractor’s system’s technical functionality prevents suppression of such terms and conditions or similar restrictions, the contractor agrees that any language, however construed and presented, is null and void and not binding on the subscriber’s users.

III. Schedule of Deliverables

Deliverable

Due Date

Task 1.

Provide access via the internet to the American Chemical Society All Access collection including ACS Journals; ACS eBooks; ACS Reagent Chemicals; ACS In Focus E-books; Chemical & Engineering News: 1924 to the present; ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication; the ACS Legacy Archives; and the ACS Read + Publish service

Within 5 days of award

Task 2.

a) Provide access to COUNTER compliant usage statistics including commonly recognized data elements.

b) Usage statistics shall include each IP address and the respective use of the American Chemical Society journals, if available.

c) Provide and maintain administrative credentials for access to institutional administrative interface for the purposes of customization, usage data retrieval and other administrative purposes, as permitted by the system

Monthly

Annually upon request

WWithin 5 days of award