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76 -- SUBSCRIPTION FOR INTERNET ACADEMIC RESEARCH SOL F44650-98-T0163 DUE 060198 POC SSgt Tina Pettyjohn, Contracts Manager, (757)764-4187, or Maj Curtiss Stewart, Contracting Officer, (757)764-4737 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract manager, tina.pettyjohn@langley.af.mil. The ACC Contracting Squadron intends to award a purchase order, under other than full and open competition, to UMI for the procurement of five one-year subscriptions for Internet access to Proquest Direct. UMI will supply this online service to 3 simultaneous users at designated sites in Southwest Asia via Internet connectivity. The service will provide access to full text articles from a variety of journals and from several major U.S. daily newspapers. Articles are copyright cleared with the publishers to ensure compliance with copyright laws without having to monitor article usage. Proquest Direct assumes Internet accessibility and the sites are afforded unlimited printing and displaying capabilities. UMI has full text back-files to Jan 1993 and a majority of images on back-file to 1988. Subscriptions to Proquest Direct will serve as reference tools to enable U.S. military personnel in Southwest Asia to access current and back-filed publications in support of off-duty educational goals. As the developer and maintainer of Proquest Direct, UMI is the only known source that can provide full coverage of academic, military, and general popular titles in one subscription. UMI provides information in ASCII full text format and is the only known source to provide actual facsimile representations of article images, charts, pictures, and graphics. Additionally, UMI is the only known source that meets the Air Force's requirement for unlimited access to a research database comprised of at least 70 percent academically-oriented publications, with the remaining titles devoted to general reference, popular, and military interests. Subscriptions must be activated and available for use at all designated Southwest Asia sites on or about 15 Jun 98. The Air Force intends to conduct this procurement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13. All responsible sources may submit responses to this notice of proposed sole source contract action. Responses received shall be processed in accordance with Air Force FAR Supplement Subpart 5305.204-90. The deadline for receipt of responses is 01 Jun 98. All responses must be submitted in writing. Responses by facsimile machine will be accepted at 757-764-9773. Responses by e-mail may be sent to SSgt Tina Pettyjohn. (0135)

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