Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Lyrasis Inc.
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- notice_of_intent_lyrasis_inc
- Agency
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513120 Periodical Publishers
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20813, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), a defense agency, has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source a contract to Lyrasis Inc. for a site license renewal of Springer Nature Branded Title Journals and Read & Publish Journals for the 2025 calendar year. The contract is a firm-fixed-price procurement scheduled to cover a one-year performance period. USU has determined that Lyrasis Inc. is the sole provider of these specific journal collections, which are critical resources for professors, researchers, and students at the university's Learning Resource Center. The procurement will be conducted under FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), which allows for sole-source acquisition when only one source can meet the agency's requirements. The notice was posted on December 5, 2024, with a response deadline of December 20, 2024.
Contractors interested in challenging the sole-source designation must submit responses by the specified deadline demonstrating their ability to meet the government's requirements more advantageously. The objective of the contract is to maintain continuous access to essential academic journal resources for USU's academic and research community. Interested parties must prove that alternative competition would be beneficial to the government and not prohibitively costly or time-consuming. The contract falls under the Periodical Publishers NAICS category (513120) and the IT and Telecom Business Application Software as a Service PSC category. To be considered, potential contractors must email their comprehensive response to joshua.broadman@usuhs.edu, providing compelling evidence that they can provide equivalent journal collections or demonstrate a more cost-effective solution. The sole-source justification is primarily based on Lyrasis Inc.'s unique ability to provide the specific Springer Nature journal collections required by USU.
Notice text
USU intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Lyrasis, Inc. to renew the subscription for a site license to the Springer Nature Branded Title Journals and the Springer Nature Read & Publish Journals for the 2025 calendar year. The period of performance is one year.
Lyrasis is the only entity that offers the Springer Nature Branded Titles and the Springer and Nature Read and Publish Journal Collections. Obtaining this requirement through Lyrasis allows the Learning Resource Center (LRC) to maintain access to resources utilized daily by USU professors, researchers and students. Therefore, Lyrasis, Inc. is the only known source that can provide the requested Springer Nature Branded Titles and the Springer and Nature Read and Publish Journals Collections required by USU. This requirement will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).
See attached Nptice of Intent to Sole Source document for full details.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Notice of Intent to Sole Source Lyrasis.pdf |
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