Taylor & Francis Journal and e-book Subscription Services

“Pursuant to 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) intends to solicit from a single source with the Taylor & Francis Journal and e-book subscription services for conducting transportation research at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC).

The Taylor & Francis Journal includes online engineering and technical journals and tools such as e-books to provide technical and engineering publication information for conducting research. Taylor & Francis has developed a subscription service that enables the FHWA Research Library and researchers in the agency to access information that allows them to conduct their research. Licensing and access to this subscription service is available via the publisher, Taylor & Francis, using the Library of Congress’s Direct Express option.

The intent of this notice is not to request competitive proposals, and any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. However, interested parties may submit a description of their firm's capabilities for satisfying this requirement, which demonstrates they possess the ability to successfully perform this effort. All questions concerning this matter should be addressed directly to Vanessa L. Lechón, Contracting Specialist at Vanessa.Lechon@dot.gov