SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- EBSCO Discovery Service Subscription - Product Specifications
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Lee, 1830 Quartermaster Road, Bldg 7124, Fort Lee, Virginia, 23801-1606, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23801-1606
- Solicitation Number
- 0011068380
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2017
- Point of Contact
- Emily L. Wood, Phone: 8047657785
- E-Mail Address
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emily.l.wood5.civ@mail.mil
(emily.l.wood5.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Product Specifications THIS IS A Special Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract for EBSCO Discovery Service Subscription on an SOLE SOURCE basis. The proposed sole source, firm fixed price contract to EBSCO Industries, Inc. for a EBSCO Discovery Service Subscription. The statutory authority for the sole source procurement is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), only one source reasonably available, urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name, or industrial mobilization. EBSCO Discovery Service is a subscription that delivers streamlined content in the form of journals, e-book subscriptions, or other subscription databases in an extremely accessible format which streamlines the search experience for students, researchers and professionals. Access is needed for a subscription provider with full text finder and custom catalog as well as an Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective Access to all EBSCO University of Virginia (UVA) Databases. This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this special notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-wide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government-wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The NAICS codes is: 1. 519130 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) publishing and/or broadcasting content on the Internet exclusively or (2) operating Web sites that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format (and known as Web search portals). The publishing and broadcasting establishments in this industry do not provide traditional (non-Internet) versions of the content that they publish or broadcast. They provide textual, audio, and/or video content of general or specific interest on the Internet exclusively. Establishments known as Web search portals often provide additional Internet services, such as e-mail, connections to other web sites, auctions, news, and other limited content, and serve as a home base for Internet users. If you feel your company can meet the needs of the requirement, please provide the following: 1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 4. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-2269, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22901, United States
- Zip Code: 22901
- Zip Code: 22901
- Record
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