Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Lyrasis, Inc.

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), a component of the Department of Defense, published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source on December 17, 2025. USU intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Lyrasis, Inc. for the renewal of site licenses to Springer Nature Branded Title Journals and Springer Nature Read & Publish Journals for the 2026 calendar year. The contract period is one year, and the procurement will be conducted under FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). According to USU, Lyrasis is identified as the only known source capable of providing the specific Springer Nature journal collections required by the university's Learning Resource Center. These resources are utilized daily by USU professors, researchers, and students, making their continuity essential to the institution's operations.

The purpose of this notice is to invite potential alternative sources to submit evidence demonstrating that competition would be advantageous to the government and that they possess the capability to meet USU's requirements for providing the Springer Nature journal collections. Interested parties must submit their responses via email to ryan.jeffers@usuhs.edu and emily.mashek@usuhs.edu no later than 3:00 PM on January 1, 2026. There are no specific eligibility criteria published in the notice; however, potential competitors must demonstrate their ability to provide equivalent or superior Springer Nature journal access. USU reserves the right to determine whether to proceed with a competitive procurement based on the responses received, or to move forward with the sole-source award to Lyrasis, Inc. This notice represents an opportunity for entities capable of providing comparable journal collections to challenge the current sole-source justification.