PIEE #W912HZ27QA009

Sole-source SIAM journal site license and corporate membership for USACE ERDC

USACE ERDC plans a sole-source purchase of SIAM journal access for its research site. - Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). - Intended vendor and content owner: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), which the notice identifies as the exclusive owner of the proprietary licensed content. - Requirement: One physical site license for SIAM journal subscription content, identified in the notice as SIAM Corporate Membership. - Procurement status: Special notice of intent to award on a sole-source basis; this is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. - Potential responses: Interested sources may submit capability information for Government consideration of whether to compete the requirement. No response deadline or submission instructions are provided in the supplied summary.

Description

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), intends to issue an award to SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), 3600 Market ST FL 6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-2669, United States, on a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures as outlined in FAR Part 12. The requirement is for one physical site licenses for the following journals: Subscription Supply from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The license is propriety to SIAM; SIAM Journal is the exclusive owner of the content and information available through SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Journal. The SIAM electronic titles are as follows: SIAM CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP. 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 that 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 complete 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 Elizabeth.D.Washington@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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