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76 -- SUBSCRIPTION FOR INTERNET ACADEMIC RESEARCH SOL F44650-99-T0115 DUE 060299 POC LaKeisha Hawkins, Contract Manager, Phone (757) 764-4775, Fax (757) 764-9773, Email lakeisha.hawkins@langley.af.mil -- Curtiss Stewart, Contracting Officer, Phone (757) 764-4737, Fax (757) 764-9773, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F44650-99-T01 15&LocID=206. E-MAIL: LaKeisha Hawkins, lakeisha.hawkins@langley.af.mil. The ACC Contracting Squadron intends to award a purchase order, under other than full and open competition, to Bell & Howell Information and Learning for the procurement of five one-year subscriptions for Internet access to Proquest Direct. Bell & Howell will supply this online service to 3 simultaneous users at designated sites in Southwest Asia via Internet connectivity. Subscriptions for each site will be housed on HQ ACC/SV's homepage. 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 affords the sites unlimited printing and displaying capabilities. Bell & Howell 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. militarypersonnel 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, Bell & Howell is the only known source that can provide full coverage of academic, military, and general popular titles in one subscription. Bell & Howell 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. The full text database is updated within 7 days after publication. Additionally, Bell & Howell 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 99. 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 must include written documentation providing conclusive evidence that a proposed alternative to Proquest Direct provides, at a minimum, the same capabilities and functions required to meet the needs of the Air Force as stated herein. To be considered, responses shall be submitted in sufficient detail to enable accomplishment of a thorough technical education. Responses received shall be processed in accordance with Air Force FAR Supplement Subpart 5305.204-90. The deadline for receipt of responses is 02 Jun 99. Responses must be submitted in writing by fax, e-mail, or delivered by mail. If no responses are received by the stated deadline, or all responses received are found to be technically unacceptable, the procurement will proceed under other than full and open competition as described herein. Posted 05/10/99 (D-SN329676). (0130)

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