Elsevier’s Scopus Bibliometrics Database

The National Science Foundation Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Support published a Special Notice for a sole source contract with Elsevier for ongoing access to the Scopus bibliometric database. The notice includes a statement of work and sole source justification outlining requirements for the contract.

The Special Notice seeks to acquire access to Elsevier's Scopus database from January 2021 through December 2025 to generate research indicators, attribute publications and citations, and perform statistical analyses to support program evaluation. Key deadlines include the November 27, 2020 due date to submit any requests for consideration as an alternative source to Elsevier. As the sole provider of the Scopus database and current contractor, Elsevier is recommended as the sole source to provide the required database access and associated optional analysis services. No small businesses can meet the requirement and no other firms requested consideration under the synopsized proposed sole source contract.