Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Online Library Platform Subscription
Open Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0017327QKN03
- Agency
-
Office of Naval Research
Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513120 Periodical Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- District of Columbia 20375, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Navy's Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Contracting Division intends to award a sole-source contract to Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for the annual renewal of its RSC Online Library Platform Subscription, under FAR 6.302-1. The notice carries No Set-Aside Used, and the Due Date is November 16, 2026. RSC holds the copyright to the information, and the notice states that only RSC can provide these intellectual property rights.
This Special Notice is issued under FAR Subpart 5.2, and no solicitation will be posted. Firms that believe they can meet the requirement may submit written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication. Submissions must include a capability statement, proposal, quotation, or supporting evidence, presented in sufficient detail to demonstrate compliance with the requirement. The Government will consider responses, but it retains sole discretion to compete the procurement based on them. Specifications are attached to the notice.
Notice text
The U.S. Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Contracting Division intends to enter into a sole source contract with RSC in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 for the award of RSC Online Library Platform Subscription. This is the renewal of annual subscription to which RSC holds the copyright to the information. These are intellectual property rights which can only be provided by RSC.
Please see the attached specifications for additional details.
This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. A solicitation will not be posted; however, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication of this announcement. Any submitted capability statement, proposal, quotation, or supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. Responses received shall be considered by the agency; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications RSC.docx | DOCX document |
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