SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- OSA-published back files (archives) to current content - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 5/2/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-16-I-03120
- Archive Date
- 5/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- Wendy Paulo, Phone: 3019753976
- E-Mail Address
-
Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov
(Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with the Optical Society (OSA) 2010 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036 to provide OSA-published back files (archives) to current content. The sole source justification is based on the following: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Library currently subscribes to OSA e-journals and wishes to expand the library's online collection by adding OSA-published back files (archives) to current content. OSA offers a one-time purchase option for perpetual access to the OSA Digital Archive going back to 1917. The OSA Centennial Archive (1917-2015) provides immediate online access to 8 journal titles, which includes approximately 108,000 articles and conference proceedings. NIST Researchers need access to these online archives for such tasks as generating the background information and methods for protocols, writing grants, essays and research papers and is used as teaching tool for junior students and junior researcher. This one-time purchase fills the gaps in the NIST Research Library's OSA journals collection and is an essential reference resource for the NIST scientific community. NIST intends to acquire access to these back volumes as a one-time purchase. Only OSA is the sole publisher of the Centennial Archive Collection. OSA warrants that it holds distributions rights for all journals within this collection. NIST is aware of no other suppliers of the Centennial Archive Collection. The NAICS Code is 541712 with a size standard of 1000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by 11:00 am ET May 16, 2016, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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