AIP Select Online Database

This is a Synopsis Notification action. The U.S. Military Academy, Mission & Installation Contracting Command (MICC), West Point, NY intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, for the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Select Online Database. This notice is being published in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future.  This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.  Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder.  Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued.  If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government wide Point of Entry.  It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. 

The proposed contract is for the AIP Select Online with backfiles (1999 and back to start of each subscription).  This includes: Applied Physics Letters (APL), Chaos, Journal of Applied Physics (JAP), Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP), Journal of Mathematical Physics (JMP), Physics of Fluids (POF), Physics of Plasmas (POP), Review of Scientific Instruments (RSI), and Physics Today (PT).

The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), pursuant to the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

The Mission Installation Contracting Command - West Point on behalf of the United States Military Academy (USMA) West Point intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to AIP Publishing, LLC, 1305 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY  11747-4300 for the AIP Select Online Database.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 519290 with the associated size standard of 30M.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to meet all aspects of the requirement. Responses should be addressed to, Elisabet Wallace via email at Elisabet.d.wallace.civ@army.mil no later than the response date and time of December 2nd, 2022 @ 12pm. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.