Online Scholarly Journals-Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

The United States Naval Academy requires online access to scholarly journals from Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command seeks to award a firm fixed price contract for a one-year subscription starting January 2024 to Taylor & Francis' Strategic Defense Collection, selected social science and humanities and science and technology journals, and reference works. Quotes are due by December 13, 2023 and will be evaluated based on technical acceptability of the journals and price, with award to the technically acceptable lowest priced offer.

There is no set-aside designation. The NAICS code is 511130 and PSC code is R699. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC is the incumbent contractor and sole source due to the lack of other suppliers that can provide consolidated access to all required titles. The place of performance is the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and the contract would run through December 2028 with optional annual renewals. The sole source justification cites the significant time and resources required to transition to alternative journal sources as the reason for the non-competitive award.