Elsevier Bepress Digital Subscription
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- F4F5AH5064A001
- Agency
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Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson AFB is seeking to procure an Elsevier Bepress Digital Commons Subscription, a digital content management platform for hosting electronic theses, research documents, and grant data. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory intends to award a single source purchase order to Elsevier, Inc., authorized under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) with NAICS code 513210. Potential respondents must submit responses via email to Travis.McCullough.1@us.af.mil by April 2, 2024, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, using a specific subject line and adhering to strict email submission guidelines. The procurement is not a competitive proposal request, and the government retains sole discretion for determining competition. Evaluation will be based on the unique capabilities of the Digital Commons platform, including web hosting of academic publications, publication workflow software, author-specific data analysis, unlimited storage, search engine optimization, and metadata management.
There are no set-aside designations for this contract, and Elsevier (Bepress) is the sole potential contractor. The contract has a base period with four 12-month option periods, totaling $123,690.98 and utilizing FY25 funds. The platform will be hosted on Amazon Web Services, a FedRAMP approved cloud system, located at 2100 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA. AFIT determined this is the only viable solution after market research, noting no comparable alternatives exist. The Intent to Award Sole Source (IASS) notice was posted to SAM.gov in March 2025, and AFIT will continue monitoring the market for potential future competitive alternatives. Only specific file types (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .vsdx) are permitted for email attachments, and .zip or .exe files will be automatically blocked by Wright-Patterson AFB's email filters.
Notice text
This requirement is for Elsevier Bepress Digital Commons Subscription
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 513210. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, contemplates awarding a single source purchase order as authorized by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) to Elsevier, Inc. Please see the attachments to this notice for additional details. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any responses should be e-mailed to the buyer at Travis.McCullough.1@us.af.mil no later than 2 April 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. All questions should be directed to the buyer at Travis.McCullough.1@us.af.mil.
- Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “Elsevier Bepress Digital Commons Subscription” Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only the following supported file types are used: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .vsdx. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Notice of Intent to Single Source (IASS) Elsevier.pdf | ||
| BePress Digital Commons SSJ Redacted.pdf |
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