Synopsis - Intent to Sole Source - NRMA0000-21-00296.pdf

SYNOPSIS

Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription

SYNOPSIS:

This is a notice of intent to negotiate on a sole-source basis. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), NOAA Central and Regional Libraries (NCRL), Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription requirement is hereby synopsized in accordance with FAR 5.207, Preparation and Transmittal of Synopses:

(1) Action Code: NR-MA0000-21-00296

(2) Date: April 2

(3) Year: 2021

(4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 80305

(5) Product or Service Code: 7630 – Newspapers and Periodicals

(6) Contracting Office Address: 325 Broadway, DSRC, Boulder, CO 80305

(7) Subject: Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription

(8) Proposed Solicitation Number: N/A

(9) Closing Response Date: N/A

(10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer:

Contracting Officer: Hannah M. Montoya Email: hannah.montoya@noaa.gov

(11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number:

Solicitation Number: N/A Contract Number: To be determined at time of award

(12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: To be determined

(13) Line Item Number: To be determined

(14) Contract Award Date: To be determined

(15) Contractor: Elsevier B.V.

(16) Description:

This requirement is to provide a subscription for online, full-text archival access to 33 peer reviewed scientific journals and the Freedom Collection for 16 NOAA Libraries (“NOAA Library Network”) and NOAA facilities without a servicing library (NOAA-wide access), as well as several monographic series titles for select library locations. Journal and monographic titles will be accessed through the publisher’s web-based platform called ScienceDirect.

NOAA intends to award a sole-source contract to Elsevier B.V. under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901, using SAP up to $7M as authorized by FAR 13.500(a) and implemented by FAR 13.501(a). The contract period of performance includes a base period and four (4)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ACQUISITION AND GRANTS OFFICE

Western Acquisition Division – Boulder 325 Broadway, SOU6 Boulder, CO 80305 option periods. The required subscription will provide access to titles from January 1st through December 31st of each year beginning in year 2022.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may provide written notification to the Contracting Officer. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within its discretion. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

(17) Place of Contract Performance: Multiple locations across the continental United States.

Primary participating libraries are located in Boulder, CO, College Park, MD, Silver Spring, MD, and Seattle, WA.

(18) Set-aside Status: N/A. The Government does not intend to set-aside this procurement for a small business program.