SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- DigiTop Financial Times Online Subscription
- Notice Date
- 9/7/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511110
— Newspaper Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, ARS NCRBSC APB MD, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SB-S-12-TH006
- Archive Date
- 10/2/2012
- Point of Contact
- Travis Heller,
- E-Mail Address
-
travis.heller@ars.usda.gov
(travis.heller@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Library (NAL), intends to award a sole-source contract to The Financial Times to provide continuous electronic access via the internet to FT.com. The requirement will be used by NAL, USDA locations, employees worldwide, contractors, cooperators and volunteers performing work on behalf of USDA and are considered as authorized premises and users of FT.com. Authorized users will be granted access to FT.com through the IP recognition authentication process without any impediments, with rights to use content during the Period of Performance. The contents are unique and not available from any other source. The publisher holds the copyright to the contents and the publication provided by the vendor is proprietary. FT.com is published for economists and those working in finance and is needed by USDA researchers and analysts working on economic issues of concern. No other source, such as electronic resource providers (aggregators), may deliver contents without a direct license from the publisher. The Financial Times is the only source determined capable of supplying NAL's requirements for electronic access via the Internet for all USDA users to FT.com content. The anticipated Period of Performance is: 09/30/2012 - 09/29/2013 The anticipated award date is 09/17/2012. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/ecacce756eba608362abd4c742f315bc)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN02872463-W 20120909/120908000425-ecacce756eba608362abd4c742f315bc (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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