Elsevier INSPEC Subscription
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0018924Q0065
- Agency
- Naval Supply Systems Command Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513120 Periodical Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Annapolis, Maryland 21402, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Naval Supply Systems Command intends to award a sole source contract to Elsevier Inc. for INSPEC Database Subscription Services for the United States Naval Academy. The services are required to support over 8,000 midshipmen, faculty, and staff through the Nimitz Library. Proposals are due by December 19, 2023 for a five-year contract consisting of one base year and four option years. Evaluation will result in a firm-fixed price award under simplified acquisition procedures to meet the critical research needs of the academic community.
There is no set-aside designation. The NAICS code is 513120 for Database and Directory Publishers, and the PSC code is D304 for Subscription/Information Services. Elsevier Inc. is the incumbent provider of the INSPEC database. The period of performance is one base year beginning January 2024 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, with four additional one-year option periods. The database contains over 50 million references and 1.5 million full-text documents critical to research in physics, engineering, and related fields.
Notice text
The Contracting Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392, intends to solicit and award a commercial firm-fixed-price, sole source purchase order for the procurement of INSPEC Database Subscription Services for the United States Naval Academy (USNA), under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Elsevier Inc. The authority for use of other than full and open competition is FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial supplies in accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6 and FAR Subpart 13, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2023- 04 and DFARS Change Notice 20230531. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses are available in full text at the following addresses: www.acqnet.gov/far and http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/index.htm. This acquisition will result in a Firm-Fixed-Price contract under NAICS 513120.
The Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy is an academic library in support a patron population of approximately 4,520 midshipman, 600 faculty, and 3,000 other staff and military personnel. To meet the academic/educational mission requirements of the Naval Academy, the Nimitz Library purchases scholarly content in the form of scholarly journals and databases. This content is an integral part of the Library’s collections and services as curriculum and course development as well as midshipman and faculty research are dependent upon them.
See Statement of Work (SOW) for additional details. This procurement is to obtain database Subscription Services.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 4.03a FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses.pdf | ||
| 4.03c SOW.pdf | ||
| 4.02 Combined Synopsis-Solicitation.pdf | ||
| 4.02b Sole Source Justification Redacted.pdf |
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