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, Annual Reviews.  DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source contract with a one-year base period and four one-year option year periods.  Annual Reviews 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 Annual Reviews Science Collection 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.  The subscription period is for the 2025-2029 calendar years.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 513120 – Periodical Publishers, 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 August 6, 2024, 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 37831-0062
Government Point of Contact:  Tammy Payne
Phone: (865) 576-0247
Fax: (865) 576-3589
Email: [email protected]

The Sciences Collection subscription (online format only) includes the following 48 periodicals:

1. Analytical Chemistry
2. Animal Biosciences
3. Anthropology
4. Astronomy & Astrophysics
5. Biochemistry
6. Biomedical Data Science
7. Biomedical Engineering
8. Biophysics
9. Cancer Biology
10. Cell & Developmental Biology
11. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
12. Clinical Psychology
13. Computer Science
14. Condensed Matter Physics
15. Control, Robotics & Autonomous Systems
16. Criminology
17. Developmental Psychology
18. Earth & Planetary Sciences
19. Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics
20. Entomology
21. Environment & Resources
22. Fluid Mechanics
23. Food Science & Technology
24. Genetics
25. Genomics & Human Genetics
26. Immunology
27. Law & Social Science
28. Marine Science
29. Materials Research
30. Medicine
31. Microbiology
32. Neuroscience
33. Nuclear & Particle Science
34. Nutrition
35. Organizational Psychology & Organizational Behavior
36. Pathology:  Mechanisms of Disease
37. Pharmacology & Toxicology
38. Physical Chemistry
39. Physiology
40. Phytopathology
41. Plant Biology
42. Political Science
43. Psychology
44. Public Health
45. Sociology
46. Statistics & Its Application
47. Virology
48. Vision Science