Lyrasis Springer Nature Notice of Intent to Sole Source.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 War 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.

Intent to Sole-Source:USU intends to award a sole-source,firm-fixed-price contract to Lyrasis Inc. to renew its subscription for a site license to the Springer-Nature Branded Title Journals and the Springer Nature Read & Publish Journals for the 2027 calendar year. The anticipated period of performance is one (1) year.

Intended Recipient:Lyrasis Inc., 3390 Peachtree RDNE STE 400 Atlanta, Georgia 30326-1108

Sole Source Justification:Lyrasis is the only entity that offers the Springer Nature Branded Titles and the Springer Nature Read and Publish Journal Collections. Obtaining this requirement through Lyrasis allows the Learning Resource Center (LRC) to maintain access to resources utilized daily by USU professors, researchers and students. It will also allow USU to maintain the level of research completed in the previous years. The unique aspect of procuring this requirement from Lyrasis is that the University can publish works Open Access in these journals without paying a per article processing charge, which is critical for USU students, researchers and professors. Therefore, Lyrasis Inc. is the only known source that can provide the requested Springer Nature Branded Titles and the Springer and Nature Read and Publish Journals Collections required by USU. This requirement will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

This is NOT a request for Quotes.

In accordance with 5.207(c)(16)(i), all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, 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 supply the Government’s needs 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 ashley.mcrae@usuhs.edu by2:00 PM EST on Friday, November 27, 2026.