Springer Nature Online Library Platform Subscription
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0017325QKN08
- 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
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Navy's Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Contracting Division has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to enter into a sole source contract with Springer Nature for their Digital Platform Subscription. This contract represents a renewal of an annual subscription service that provides access to Springer Nature's online library platform. The procurement is being conducted under FAR 6.302-1, which allows for sole source acquisitions when only one source can provide the required goods or services. The subscription will support the Ruth H. Hooker Research Library at NRL, which serves as the Navy's corporate laboratory. The contract falls under the NAICS category for Periodical Publishers and is classified as a procurement for newspapers and periodicals.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to inform the contracting community of NRL's intention to award a sole source contract for intellectual property rights that can only be provided by Springer Nature. The library requires access to licensed scientific and technical information content to support its research mission and build its collection of electronic journals, books, standards, and other research materials. While no formal solicitation will be issued, any firm believing it can meet the requirements may submit written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of the September 18, 2025 publication date, with responses due by October 2, 2025. Contractors must provide capability statements, proposals, or supporting evidence in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to comply with the requirement. The Government retains full discretion to determine whether to compete the procurement based on any responses received to this notice.
Notice text
The U.S. Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Contracting Division intends to enter into a sole source contract with Springer Nature in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 for the award of Springer Nature Digital Platform Subscription. This is the renewal of annual subscription to which Springer Nature holds the copyright to the information. These are intellectual property rights which can only be provided by Springer Nature.
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 |
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| Specifications.pdf |
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