ICE Emerald Journals

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
W912HZ25Q0005
Agency
Engineer Research and Development Center US Army Corps of Engineers, 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
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180, United States
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has issued a Special Notice for a sole source award to Emerald Publishing Limited, located in the United Kingdom, for multiple physical site licenses for ICE Publishing journals. The NAICS code for this requirement is 513120 for Periodical Publishers, with a size standard of 1000 employees.

The purpose of the Special Notice is to inform interested parties of the government's intent to award a contract to Emerald Publishing Limited, the sole source provider of the current ICE Publishing journal content. The notice includes key deadlines, with responses due by November 13, 2024. Contractors are instructed to submit capability statements, proposals, or quotations providing details on their ability to fulfill this requirement and past experience with similar efforts. The government will consider the information received to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement, with the final decision on competition solely at the government's discretion.

Notice text

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), intends to issue an award to Emerald Publishing Limited, Floor 5, NorthSpring, 21-23 Wellington Street Leeds, LS1 4DL, United Kingdom, a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures as outlined in FAR Part 13. The requirement is for multiple physical site licenses for the following journals: ICE Publishing journals. The license is propriety to Emerald Group Publishing Limited; Emerald Group Publishing Limited is the sole source provider of the current content.

The ICE Publishing electronic titles are the following:

ICE Publishing Current Journals Collection

ICE Publishing Science Journals Collection

The NAICS code for this requirement is 513120 with a size standard of 1000 employees.

This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor's ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to TriNeciya.C.Martin@usace.army.mil. The notice number shall be included in the subject line of e-mail submissions. Responses should be received by date specified above.

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