SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Annual Review’s Electronic Back Volume Collection - 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-03144
- 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 Annual Reviews, 4139 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA to provide thirty-eight Annual Reviews-published e-Journals, as indicated in the attached Requirements Document. The sole source justification is based on the following: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Library currently holds a yearly subscription to Annual Reviews e-journals and wishes to purchase the e-journals and expand library's permanent online collection by adding thirty-eight Annual Reviews-published e-Journals. Annual Review's offers a one-time purchase option for perpetual access to the e-journals. 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 Annual Reviews journals collection and is an essential reference resource for the NIST scientific community. Annual Reviews is the sole publisher of the Electronic Back Volume Collection (EBVC). Annual Reviews warrants that it holds distributions rights for all journals within this collection. NIST is aware of no other suppliers of the Electronic Back Volume Collection (EBVC). 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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