SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Globus Toolkit - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 894579
- Archive Date
- 2/27/2018
- Point of Contact
- Marian Dixon-Durham, Phone: 3015041700
- E-Mail Address
-
marian.dixon-durham@ars.usda.gov
(marian.dixon-durham@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Office4 of the Chief Information Office (OCIO) intends to award a sole source contract to The University of Chicago. The purpose of this award is to provide a subscription to the Globus (GridFTP) suite of services known as Globus Toolkit. See attached - Statement of Work (SOW). The University of Chicago is the only vendor that can meet ARS/OCIO's requirement for Globus (GridFTP) suite of services known as Globus Toolkit. The University of Chicago is took the lead development and maintenance role for this unique implementation of the technology, and is therefore the only available provider. American Chemical Society is the only copyright holder of its publications and thus is the only source of the perpetual data rights NAL seeks. No source other than the American Chemical Society provides the perpetual data rights for American Chemical Society publications. Having perpetual data rights granted by the American Chemical Society will give USDA users access in perpetuity to the content for which NAL purchases access. Maintaining electronic copies by obtaining the perpetual data rights from publishers fulfills NAL's mandate to preserve our nation's agricultural literature. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 611310 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Authority for this sole source procurement is under 10 U.S.C.2403 (c) (1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1, one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The Point of Contact for this action is Ms. Marian Dyson and any response must be emailed to Marian.Dyson@ars.usda.gov. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than February 26, 2018 - 5pm EST.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/Agricultural Service, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, Albany, California, 94710, United States
- Zip Code: 94710
- Zip Code: 94710
- Record
- SN04829119-W 20180222/180220232046-86ee90a89d216e1a466b0fa55158b3e4 (fbodaily.com)
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