Electronic Access - American Society for Microbiology

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for electronic internet access to 15 journals for all USDA users.

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is mandated (7 U.S.C. 3101) to serve as the primary agricultural information resource of the United States. One of its functions in that role is the acquisition of information in all aspects of agriculture and allied sciences. In support of this function, the NAL acquires databases in electronic format from publishers and makes the databases accessible to USDA employees and library patrons via the internet. In keeping with its charge to collect agricultural and related information, it seeks to maintain a collection of publications in various formats from a variety of publishers and sources.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) requires unmediated, un-embargoed, perpetual electronic access via IP authentication for all authorized USDA users and public on-site users to specified journals of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

The American Society for Microbiology shall provide unmediated, un-embargoed, perpetual electronic access via IP authentication for all authorized USDA users and public on-site users to the specified ASM journals listed below:

1. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy®
2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology®
3. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology®
4. Clinical Microbiology Reviews®
5. Eukaryotic Cell®
6. Genome Announcements™
7. Infection and Immunity®
8. Journal of Bacteriology®
9. Journal of Clinical Microbiology®
10. Journal of Virology®
11. mBio®
12. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews®
13. Molecular and Cellular Biology®
14. mSPHERE®
15. mSYSYTEMS®

The American Society for Microbiology is the only known source capable of providing electronic internet access to these 15 journals.

Authorized USDA users will be able to browse, retrieve, and view an ASM Journal Online, and may download, store or print out single copies of individual articles, or discrete items or portions of such articles, from an ASM Journal Online solely for their own use.

The NIACS Code for this requirement is 513120 – Periodicals.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Authority for this sole source procurement is under 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), one responsible source, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government.

All interested vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database as required by FAR 4.1102 to be considered for any awards. See FAR 52.204-7 for registration instructions. It is the vendor's responsibility to monitor SAM.GOV for any amendments.

Any interested vendor that can prove they are capable to fulfill this requirement shall submit supporting documentation via email to James Velez at the following e-mail address: james.velez@usda.gov. No information will be taken by telephone. In responding to this notice, please provide your company name, address, email address, phone/fax number, SAM UEI number, business size (large or small) and type of firm.