Intent to Sole Source - Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
A later notice was posted: the Limited / Sole Source Justification from .
- Solicitation number
- NR-MA0000-21-00296
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 511120 Periodical Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Silver Spring MD 20910 USA
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to award a sole-source contract to Elsevier B.V. to provide online access to 33 scientific journals, the Freedom Collection, and several monographic series titles through the publisher's ScienceDirect platform. This will provide access for NOAA libraries and facilities from January 1 through December 31 each year beginning in 2022. The contract will have a base year and four option periods, with pricing to be determined. Interested parties may identify their capability but this pre-solicitation is not a request for competitive proposals.
There is no set-aside designation. The potential value of the award to Elsevier B.V. is estimated to be up to $7 million over the five year base and option periods. Access will be provided to titles for NOAA's library network consisting of 16 libraries across multiple locations in the continental United States, with key participating libraries located in Boulder, Colorado, and College Park, Silver Spring, and Seattle, Washington.
Notice text
This requirement is to provide a subscription for online, full-text archival access to 33 peer reviewed scientific journals and the Freedom Collection for 16 NOAA Libraries (“NOAA Library Network”) and NOAA facilities without a servicing library (NOAA-wide access), as well as several monographic series titles for select library locations. Journal and monographic titles will be accessed through the publisher’s web-based platform called ScienceDirect.
NOAA intends to award a sole-source contract to Elsevier B.V. under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901, using SAP up to $7M as authorized by FAR 13.500(a) and implemented by FAR 13.501(a). The contract period of performance includes a base period and four (4) option periods. The required subscription will provide access to titles from January 1st through December 31st of each year beginning in year 2022.
See attached synopsis for additional details.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis - Intent to Sole Source - NRMA0000-21-00296.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sole Source Award - Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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