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Sole-source ACS Digital Library All Publications Package site license

USACE ERDC plans a sole-source purchase of one ACS Digital Library site license for its All Publications Package. - Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). - Requirement: One physical site license for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Digital Library, covering the ACS All Publications Package. - Proposed source and basis: ACS Publications; the notice identifies ACS as the exclusive owner of the relevant ACS Web Editions and Legacy Archives content and describes the license as proprietary. - Competition status: This is a notice of intended sole-source award, not a request for quotes or proposals. No solicitation is planned. Responsible sources may submit capability information, relevant experience, and references for Government consideration. - NAICS: 513120 — Periodical Publishers. - Value and performance dates: Not stated in the provided notice.

Description

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), intends to issue an award to ACS Publications, 1155 Sixteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20036, on a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition as outlined in FAR Part 12. The requirement is for one physical site licenses for the following journals: American Chemical Society (ACS) Digital Library. The license is propriety to ACS; ACS Publications is the exclusive owner of the content and information available through ACS Web Editions and the ACS Legacy Archives. The ACS electronic titles are as follows: ACS ALL PUBLICATIONS PACKAGE The NAICS code for this requirement is 513120 with a size standard of 1000 employees. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendors ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to Markia.D.Anderson@usace.army.mil. The notice number shall be included in the subject line of e-mail submissions. Responses should be received by date specified above.

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