SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Subscription Access to Elsevier Resources - Sole Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 3/1/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, TRICARE Management Activity, USUHS CONTRACTING OFFICE, 4301 JONES BRIDGE ROAD, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814-4799, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20814-4799
- Solicitation Number
- HT9404-13-Q-D039
- Archive Date
- 4/3/2013
- Point of Contact
- Michelle Creenan, Phone: 301-295-3924
- E-Mail Address
-
michelle.creenan@usuhs.edu
(michelle.creenan@usuhs.edu)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source Justification The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), located in Bethesda, MD, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Elsevier located in New York, NY for subscription access to the following resources: • ScienceDirect • Freedom Collection • Cell Press Collection • Methods in Enyzmology • Progress in Brain Research • EMBASE • American Journal of Pathology • Cancer Genetics • Human Pathology • Journal of Comparative Pathology • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology • Lancet • Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology DTRA (Option Year I): • Annals of Epidemiology • Antiviral Research • Biosensors and Bioelectronics • Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems • Computational Statistics & Data Analysis • Contemporary Clinical Trials • Current Opinion in Biotechnology • Current Opinion in Microbiology • Current Opinion in Pharmacology • Drug Discovery • Today European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences • European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents • International Journal of Project Management • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology • Journal of Controlled Release • Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference Lancet • Infectious Diseases Microbes and Infection Public Health Vaccine Virology The subscription will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12-Commercial Items and FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, utilizing Class Deviation - Extension of Authority for Use of Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, DARS Tracking Number: 2013-O0004. The anticipated award will be an option year purchase order, with a base period of one (1) year and four (4) one year options to include subscription access for USU, Joint Pathology Center (JPC), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (beginning in option year I). The Government reserves the right to add new sites and additional journals/subscriptions during the performance of the contract by mutual agreement of the parties. The subscription access for JPC is subject to availability of funds (FAR Clause 52.232-18). Sole source determination is made in accordance with: FAR Part 13.106-1 Soliciting Competition (b) Soliciting from a single source (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The mission of USU is to provide the highest quality education programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services. As such, it is essential USU provide the necessary training and equipment required for our students to become successful doctors and nurses and to be able to provide the best care possible for our soldiers and to support our research efforts. Elsevier is the sole provider for full-text journal subscription access. Elsevier does not authorize any third party vendors to provide access for these subscriptions on their behalf. This is not a request for quotes and a solicitation package will not be issued. Sources interested in responding to this requirement must be able to provide compelling evidence that they can provide the abovementioned requirement as specified. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contractual action based upon responses received is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses must be received via email (michelle.creenan@usuhs.edu) by 10:00 p.m. EST on April 2, 2013.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
- Zip Code: 20814
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN03001158-W 20130303/130302092212-f22522fceb299a02b55a870dd8d0e348 (fbodaily.com)
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