SOURCES SOUGHT
76 -- INSTITUTION REPORTS
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511140
— Directory and Mailing List Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB106000-8-05960
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2008
- Point of Contact
- Janice M Moten,, Phone: (301)975-6307
- E-Mail Address
-
Janice.Moten@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1), with Thomson Scientific Inc., 3501 Market Street, Philidelphia, PA 19104 for renewal of the following subscription: 1)U.S.University Indicators from 1981-2007 U.S. University Indicators (USI) from 1981-2007 **Standard and Deluxe versions; includes: NIST variants, DOE Lags. and Sandia **NIST will receive the “old” version of the product (DP codes for standard & CC codes for deluxe) and the “new” version with the ESI codes for the standard version and the WOS codes for the deluxe version. 2) Institutional Citation Report for NIST, 1972-2007 **Source, citing and cited papers using the variant list that Thomson Scientific currently has **NIST will also receive a new ICR with the new variants provide by NIST; source papers only Based on NIST’s recent market research, NIST has only identified the one source that can provide the required Thomson Scientific Inc, renewal NIST has used this subscription for years, and this data is needed to report on the measure of citation impact of NIST – authored publications in response to the Government performance and Results Act. (GPRA), NIST also uses these databases to analyze and report its impact by state for NIST stakeholdes, including Congress. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed-price purchase order. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; however, companies that believe they can fulfill the requirement may provide a written response to this notice and provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate that capability. A determination by the Government whether to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 301/B149, 100 BUREAU DRIVE, M/S 1640, GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- Zip Code: 20899-1640
- Zip Code: 20899-1640
- Record
- SN01647969-W 20080823/080821223845-bc2b9a248e7ed2de86376a285aefbc04 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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