Sage journals & CQ magazine
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0018925Q0098
- Agency
- Naval Supply Systems Command Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513130 Book Publishers
- Place of performance
- Annapolis, Maryland 21402, United States
- Points of contact
-
- Christin Griffin christin.t.griffin.civ@us.navy.mil (771) 229-3606
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command is seeking a one-year subscription to 16 Sage online journal titles and three reference resources for the Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy. The solicitation (N0018925Q0098) requires full-text access to scholarly materials covering politics, sociology, military affairs, engineering, history, and international relations. Key contract requirements include compatibility with Ex Libris Alma and Primo indexing systems, provision of COUNTER-standard usage data, and a one-business-day response time for technical support. The evaluation will focus solely on price, comparing vendor quotes against previous contract history and government cost estimates. Responses are due by January 28, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST, with the solicitation documents available for download starting January 7, 2025.
The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS category 513130 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Sage Publications, Inc. is the sole source provider, being the exclusive copyright holder for the specific journals and reference resources. The subscription will cover the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025, serving approximately 4,520 midshipmen, 600 faculty, and 3,000 staff and military personnel. Individual journal subscription costs range from $53 to $3,814, with the total contract expected to be under the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000. The place of performance is the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, with the primary objective of supporting the Academy's educational mission by providing essential scholarly research materials.
Notice text
In order to sustain Library performance, support and advance the educational mission of the Academy, and provide the necessary resources to sustain faculty research agendas, the Nimitz Library must own key scholarly materials in the humanities, sciences, engineering, and professions. These resources must provide the uniquely curated intellectual property necessary for the Academy’s specific educational and research needs.
a. Full-text access to the selected Sage online journals and reference resources.
b. Articles must be indexable by the Library’s Ex Libris Alma and Primo systems.
c. Product use data meeting the COUNTER standard using must be provided on a regular basis.
d. Publisher POC should respond within one business day to all technical and content questions and problems posed by the Library’s POC.
e. The content provider must be able to be signatory on bi-lateral license and terms & conditions agreements.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 4.03 ATTACHMENT 1-SOW.pdf | ||
| 4.02 1301215447 COMBINED SYNOPSIS.pdf | ||
| 4.03 ATTACHMENT 2-SSJ.pdf |
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