The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, Elsevier B.V., under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) (only one source reasonably available) on or about 15 September 2016. The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017. One option year is anticipated that would extend the PoP through 31 December 2018. 

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NAICS: 519130

Size Standard: 500 employees

Subscription name: Chemica

Supplier name: Elsevier B.V.

Product description: Provides chemistry and cheimical engineering researchers with the current and trustworthy information they need to achieve successful results.  A database of literature abstracts created specifically for chemistry and chemical engineering research.  Chemica is updated weekly and includes 3.8+million records from 1970-present, 180,000+ records added per year, 511 international chemistry journals. 

Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:

•·         Covers a broad range of chemistry and chemical engineering topics

•·         Search interface that includes numerous primary categories and ability to perform keyword and other specialized queries for effective searches.

•·         Updated weekly

•·         Cover chemistry fields including inorganic, organic, applied, analytical, and general chemistry and chemical engineering

•·         The ability to download HTML or PDF versions of documents.

•·         Subscription is able to provide access to multiple users via IP address (multi-user, multi-campus subscription).

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If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply.

A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. 

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