NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE:  THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE.  The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) intends to issue a firm-fixed 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, the American Physical Society (APS.)

This requirement is for the renewal of an online only institutional subscription.  The subscription period is for the 2022 calendar year, January 1-December 31, 2022.  DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source to American Physical Society with a one-year base period and two one-year option periods. 

The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC) has a requirement for current and archived online subscription access to the APS Journals listed below from 1893 forward. 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 SCE Journals link button.  This for the Office of Science and is not publically accessible. 

The following APS Journal titles are owned and copyrighted by the American Physical Society and are accessed via the APS proprietary online portal:

1.            Physical Review Letters
2.            PRX Quantum
3.            Physical Review B
4.            Physical Review E
5.            Physical Review Applied
6.            Physical Review PER
7.            Physical Review X
8.            Reviews of Modern Physics
9.            Physical Review C
10.          Physical Review Research
11.          Physical Review Fluids
12.          PRX Energy
13.          Physical Review A
14.          Physical Review D
15.          Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
16.          Physical Review Materials

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 questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via e-mail to the government point of contact. 

Any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by December 13, 2021 by 5:00 p.m. EST.  Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. local time.  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]