Aapg datapages FY18

Added: Jul 14, 2017 4:23 pm This notice is in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Acquisition Operations Branch, is the contracting office for this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to announce the intent to award, on a sole-source basis, a fixed price Purchase Order to Datapages, Inc. under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106(b) soliciting from a single source.



Datapages, Inc. will provide BOEM with subscription access to AAPG Pubs for AAPG Bulletin and Special Publications from 1917 to present that include access to nearly 200,000 published pages of article archives pertinent to geology and petroleum. The research pages consist of oil and gas assessments for lease sales and other activities that are readily available in an updated format and assist the agency in analysis.



Market research efforts have indicated that only one vendor, Datapages, Inc., has publications made available via subscription that can meet the needs of BOEM/BSEE. Due to this, Datapages, Inc., is the only vendor that can meet the needs of the agency at this time. This requirement will be for one year subscription with the option of an additional year of subscription access.



This is not a request for competitive quotes; however, all interested sources that believe they can meet the requirements may submit a capability statement no later than July 21, 2017 at 17:00 ET to the point of contact for this notice. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement and will be at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer.



All submissions in response to this notice must be submitted in writing via email to the Contracting Officer, David Jablonski, at David.Jablonski@bsee.gov no later than July 21, 2017 at 17:00 ET. Telephone calls regarding this matter will neither be accepted nor returned.