Notice of intent to award a sole source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- OSTI-2026-8
- Agency
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Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513120 Periodical Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has published a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source contract to the Optical Society of America (OSA). The contract is being awarded under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(i)(ii), which permits sole source procurement when only one responsible source exists and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This special notice was posted on December 31, 2025, and represents DOE's intent to establish a firm-fixed award with a one-year base period for calendar year 2026. The contracting office is located at the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and classified under NAICS code 513120 (Periodical Publishers).
The primary objective of this contract is to provide the Department of Energy's Office of Science with online journal subscription access to Optical Society of America publications through a direct link accessible via OSTI's research tools portal. Interested vendors who believe they can meet this requirement must submit written responses by January 6, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. EST to barnettn@osti.gov, though the government reserves sole discretion in determining whether to compete the order based on received responses. Prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award in accordance with FAR part 4.11. The subscription provides restricted access exclusively to DOE's Office of Science personnel and is not publicly accessible. With a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, this requirement falls under the Periodical Publishers classification and represents a specialized procurement for scientific journal access.
Notice text
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) intends to issue a firm-fixed award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(i)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, Optical Society of America (OSA). DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source contract with a one-year base period. OSA is the sole provider for access to the required online journals.
The incumbent contractor shall provide the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC) an online journal subscription for online access to the Optical Society of America Journals listed below. Subscription is by calendar year. Access is restricted to the Office of Science. DOE is provided with a direct link to the website which is listed on the OSTI.gov website under the pulldown tab labeled research tools via the SC e-journals link button. This for the Office of Science and is not publically accessible. Subscription period is for the 2026 calendar year.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 513120 – Periodical Publishers, with the size standard of 1,000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes.
Any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the DOE-OSTI’s requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by January 6, 2026 by 3:30 p.m. EST. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to barnettn@osti.gov. A determination not to compete the proposed order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award in accordance with FAR part 4.11.
Contracting Office Address:
US Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information
P.O. Box 62
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Government Point of Contact: Natalie Barnett
Phone: (865) 241-3526
EMAIL: barnettn@osti.gov
List of journal titles associated:
- Advances in Optics & Photonics
- Applied Optics
- JOSA B
- Optics Letters
- Optics & Photonics News plus leased Extended Backfiles
- OSA All Conference Papers Online
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