Agency/Office:

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Location:

Acquisition Management Division (AMD)

Title:

Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Elsevier

Description:

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) located in Gaithersburg, MD intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Elsevier for access to ScienceDirect Database.

This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements in conjunction with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial items. The FAR as supplemented by the Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR) will be used to evaluate the quote and award this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is  511120, Periodical Publishers.  The NAICS code has a size standard of 1,000 employees. 

This is NOT a solicitation for quotations, quotation abstracts, or a request for competitive quotations and there is no solicitation package available; however, all responses received by the close date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, the order will be issued to Elsevier.

Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Stephanie Kelly at [email protected]. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at [email protected] no later than April 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time