ICE Emerald Journals

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
W912HZ26QA003
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 US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) seeks to procure multiple physical site licenses for ICE Publishing journals, specifically the ICE Publishing Current Journals Collection and ICE Publishing Science Journals Collection. This procurement is being conducted on a sole source basis through Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Part 13, with Emerald Group Publishing Limited identified as the exclusive provider of this proprietary content. While a formal solicitation will not be issued, all responsible sources may submit capability statements, proposals, or quotations for consideration, with responses required to demonstrate the vendor's ability to fulfill the requirement and provide relevant past experience with similar work and references. The Government will use submitted information solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement, with that decision remaining at the agency's sole discretion. Responses must be received by December 1, 2025, and should be submitted via email to TriNeciya.C.Martin@usace.army.mil with the notice number included in the subject line.

No set-aside designations apply to this procurement. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, located at Floor 5, NorthSpring, 21-23 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL, United Kingdom, is the identified sole source contractor. The solicitation notice does not specify a contract value or budget range for this requirement. The procurement falls under NAICS code 513120 (Periodical Publishers) with a size standard of 1000 employees and PSC code 7630 (Newspapers and Periodicals). Performance of this requirement will take place in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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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