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NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Response Date: December 17, 2018 5:00 pm (EST) THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(i)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, Taylor & Francis Group. DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source to the Taylor & Francis Group for one year. Taylor & Francis Group is the sole provider for access to the required online journals. The incumbent contractor shall provide the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC) an online journal subscription for online access to the Taylor & Francis Group journals listed below. Subscription is by calendar year. Access is restricted to the Office of Science. DOE is provided with a direct link to the website which is listed on the OSTI.gov website under the pulldown tab labeled research tools via the SCeJournals link button. This for the Office of Science and is not publically accessible. Subscription period is for the 2019 calendar year. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 519130 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, with the size standard of 1,000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. Any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the DOE-OSTI?s requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by December 17, 2018 by 5:00 p.m. EST. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to [email protected]. A determination not to compete the proposed order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award in accordance with FAR part 4.11. Contracting Office Address: US Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Government Point of Contact: Tammy Payne Phone: (865) 576-0247 Fax: (865) 576-3589 Email: [email protected] The Taylor & Francis Group subscription includes the following three periodicals: ? Philosophical Magazine ? Fusion Science and Technology ? International Journal of Radiation Biology

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