SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- One time purchase of backfiles/Notice of Intent to Award on Sole Source Basis
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, Maryland, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- FDA-SOL-09-1059964
- Archive Date
- 8/11/2009
- Point of Contact
- Brendan McCarthy, Phone: 3018274680
- E-Mail Address
-
Brendan.McCarthy@fda.hhs.gov
(Brendan.McCarthy@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to contract with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; located at 2191 Crestview Lane, Charlottesville, Va 22902; on a sole source basis to provide journal backfiles and access to Wiley Backfile Subject Collection to the FDA's Bioscience Library'. This will be a one time purchase. These backfiles and the Wiley Subject Collection provides the FDA Biosciences Library with a unique combination of science based information as well as 24/7 desktop access which is beneficial when working in support of critical decision making. This unique combination of backfiles includes journal content of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Collection, Food Science, Technology, and Agriculture collection along with these selected four individual titles: FEMS Microbiology Letters, Allergy, Teratology, and the Journal of Medical Virology. This purchase will also incorporate a wide variety of other journal backfiles ranging from Agribusiness and Flavour and Fragrance to Drug Development and Pest Management Science. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and 6.302-2-b (2) the Government is contemplating an award on a sole source basis for the following reasons: a) To the FDA's knowledge John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is the only company that offers this entire collection of archival journal backfiles that is needed and relevant to the Biosciences Library. b) Any delay in service would result in serious injury, financial or other, to the Government. The NAICS code is 511120. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes; no solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, sources may submit descriptive literature, fully documenting their capability to perform these services, which will be considered by the Agency. A determination to compete this procurement based on response(s) to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. A solicitation will be issued to John Wiley & Sons, Inc. no less than July 27, 2009, 10 days after the date of this notice unless the Government determines. All written inquiries must be received via email no later than Wednesday July 22, 2009 at 5PM ET to the attention of Brendan McCarthy (Contracts Specialist) Brendan.McCarthy@fda.hhs.gov.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/FDA/DCASC/FDA-SOL-09-1059964/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: FDA sites in Washington DC area., United States
- Record
- SN01879873-W 20090719/090718001102-c6ba6b75b54254f13bbee7a1a9aa9079 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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