A02_Q&A.pdf

Question:

Can you please confirm whether this solicitation is for serial subscription management services (i.e. title‐ by‐title journal subscriptions) or for online database subscriptions (i.e. searchable aggregations of journal content)?

Answer:

This contract is for electronic database access only.

Question:

If this is the case that the entire list of journals is for online only subscriptions, if the end user would like a line by line quote with pricing, we cannot provide this without contacting each publisher directly.

Therefore, without the number of sites using these subscriptions and the number of FTE's for each location, no agent can contract the publishers for pricing. Publisher pricing is specific for a location and the number of full time employees. Especially for firm fixed pricing.

There would be a benefit if the end user would allow us to provide just a service charge instead of a line by line quote to handle all these subscriptions. Prices are set by the publishers and we have the capability to deliver domestic and foreign trade titles. We can order and the print is shipped to the end user for the cost (publisher's list price) + % to handle them.

Please check with the end user regarding the above and let me know as soon as possible if they can provide the information we need to obtain pricing if they want a line by line quote or, if they will consider just the % we would charge to handle all their subscriptions.

Answer:

What we are looking for is a database that includes the titles from the spread sheet, not individual subscriptions to each title. We do not need a line by line quote and we do not want print/paper subscriptions to any titles.