SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- Access to Elsevier's "Science Direct" On-Line Services
- Notice Date
- 10/15/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511130
— Book Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Room 537C, MSC-7663, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7663
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7663
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOD2009133-A
- Archive Date
- 11/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Oghogho Joy Ajao, Phone: 3014435655
- E-Mail Address
-
ajaooj@mail.nih.gov
(ajaooj@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Elsevier B.V., 360 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-1710 for web on-line access service to Elsevier’s Science Direct®, Scopus® and EMBASE® databases as well as access to online journals and books published or produced by Elsevier. This access will be made available to NIH community as well as HHS staff. No solicitation exists for this requirement. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. The product is a commercial item as defined in FAR Part 2.101. The period of performance shall be for one twelve (12) month period, with options to renew for four (4) successive twelve month periods. It is believed that Elsevier B.V. is the sole source for this requirement under the authority of U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as set forth in the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 (Only one responsible source and not other supplies and services will satisfy agency requirements) because of the following: Elsevier B.V. is the sole owner of “Science Direct”, the only known source of the Elsevier titles on the world wide web; Elsevier developed the “Science Direct” on-line services and has exclusive proprietary rights to it. Consequently, to provide access to the many Elsevier titles to NIH staff from their desktop computers, the only option is “Science Direct” by Elsevier through the World Wide Web. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. Below is the Draft Statement of Work. This is not a solicitation for competitive proposals. However, if any other interested party believes that it can meet the requirements, it may submit a statement of capability. The capability statement and any other information furnished must be in writing, and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can meet all of the requirements of the Statement of Work. Capability Statements and related materials must be received by the Contract Specialist, no later than October 30th, 2009, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time. Written responses received after this date and time will not be accepted. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on the responses received is solely within the discretion of the government. The information received will be considered solely for the purpose of whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Address responses via email only to the attention of: O. Joy Ajao, The National Institutes of Health, OLAO, Office of Acquisitions, email address: ajaooj@mail.nih.gov DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK PROJECT TITLE: Access to Elsevier’s “Science Direct” On-Line Services I.Statement of Work A.Background Information For the past eleven years, the NIH Library has provided access to over 1300 journals in a wide range of scientific, technical and medical subjects through its contract with Elsevier for Science Direct®. For the past five years, the contract also included access and use rights to the Scopus® and EMBASE® databases, online reference works, and hundreds of online books published or produced by Elsevier. Each year well over two million articles are downloaded from Science Direct® by NIH researchers and hundreds of thousands of searches are conducted on the databases. Links from PubMed, Web of Science® the Elsevier databases, and the NIH Library website allows NIH staff to connect directly to the articles in Science Direct® following a search of the various sites. Science Direct® and the other resources included in this contract allows DLS to provide enhanced and timely access to information NIH staff need to perform their work whether they are intramural researchers or extramural program administrators. Feedback from NIH and HHS researchers, clinicians and administrators indicates that the easy accessibility of needed information made possible by providing electronic access to Elsevier journals and the Scopus® and Embase® database through its Science Direct® platform has increased their productive work time, because of the time saved identifying and retrieving relevant articles. B.Objectives The specific objective of this requirement requires the contractor to continue to provide the NIH and the HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS) access to the electronic version of all Elsevier journals, including Cell Press titles, through its web interface Science Direct®. Access will be cumulative for articles published in the journals since 1997 or the first year a journal was offered on the Science Direct® platform. The contractor is also required to continue to provide access to other databases and journals as outlined under the “specific requirements” section of this SOW. II.Services to be performed A.General Requirements 1.Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment and facilities needed to perform the Statement of Work below. 2.All work under this contract shall be monitored by the Project Officer. B.Specific Requirements Specifically, the contractor shall: 1.Provide the NIH and the HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS) access to the electronic version of all Elsevier journals, including Cell Press titles, through its web interface Science Direct®. Access will be cumulative for articles published in the journals since 1997 or the first year a journal was offered on the Science Direct® platform. 2.The contractor shall also provide options for continued unlimited access to Scopus® for NIH and HHS staff, continued unlimited access to Embase for NIH staff, and the option of adding access to the Reaxys database for a select group of NIH researchers, primarily chemists. 3.The contractor also shall provide options for acquiring e-books, online reference works, and backfiles of selected journals (journal articles published prior to 1997 or the first year a journal was offered on the Science Direct® platform). 4.The contractor shall provide an option for DLS to add new titles as the contractor adds to its holdings through acquisition or publication of a new title. The contractor also shall provide an option for DLS to cancel selected journal titles should its funding be reduced. C.Government Responsibilities 1.The Government will be responsible for providing an interface via web links for the NIH community to access the Elsevier “Science Direct” website. 2.NIH will be responsible for creating a system to validate security for entrance into the website. 3.Upon signature by the Government, the contractor license agreement will be incorporated into the contract. D.Reporting Requirements and Deliverables 1.The contractor shall regularly provide the Project Officer with monthly usage statistics for individual journal titles as well as aggregated use data for journals and databases. 2.Monthly use data shall be broken out separately for NIH and for the individual HHS agencies served by the NIH Library/DLS. 3. Use by selected NIH institutes may also be required when that use is identifiable, e.g. from IP range or log in.
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- Address: NIH Main Campus, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7663, United States
- Zip Code: 20892-7663
- Zip Code: 20892-7663
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