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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 30, 2009 FBO #2958
SOLICITATION NOTICE

76 -- Elsevier ScienceDirect Content or equal - SOW

Notice Date

12/28/2009
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

511199 — All Other 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-10-10005A
 

Archive Date

1/19/2010
 

Point of Contact

Matthew J. Erbe, Phone: 3018277169, Jose Bumbray,
 

E-Mail Address

matthew.erbe@fda.hhs.gov, Jose.Bumbray@fda.hhs.gov
(matthew.erbe@fda.hhs.gov, Jose.Bumbray@fda.hhs.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

title list SOW This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This synopsis is to notify contractors that the government intends to issue a Purchase Order on a brand name or equal basis in accordance with FAR Part 13 for the following, under simplified acquisition procedures. The Request for Proposal number is FDA-SOL-10-10005A. Provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-37 are incorporated into this request. It is the contractor’s responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The provisions and clauses may be accessed in full text at www.acquisition.gov/far. The NAICS code is 511199 -All Other Publishers, with a small business size of 500 employees. There is no set-aside for this acquisition. All qualified vendors are encouraged to submit a proposal. The purpose of this procurement is to establish a contract for unlimited access to the content of ScienceDirect (brand name or equal) for one (1) base year and two (2) additional one year option years. Products shall support the FDA Biosciences Library and researchers assigned to all sites within the agency to include tele-work. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration request proposal responses from qualified sources capable of providing site licenses to unlimited access to the content of ScienceDirect (brand name or equal) as per attached Statement of Work for the following: BASE YEAR CLIN 0001- Subscription - ScienceDirect (brand name or equal), QTY: 1 YEAR OPTION YEAR 1 CLIN 0002 - Subscription - ScienceDirect (brand name or equal), QTY: 1 YEAR OPTION YEAR 2 CLIN 0003 - Subscription - ScienceDirect (brand name or equal), QTY: 1 YEAR Anticipated Base Year Period of Performance: January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010 (plus 2 one year option years) If not brand name as specified above, the proposed product shall meet the following Salient Characteristics in addition to the SOW: 1. The system shall support the FDA Biosciences Library and researchers assigned to all sites within the agency to include tele-work. 2. The vendor shall provide a central, Internet accessible system that allows FDA users at supported sites to access ScienceDirect or equal and backfiles as stipulated in the SOW. This system shall be located at a non-Government site managed by the vendor. Information on the IP address ranges to be included for this effort will be provided by the Government to the vendor following contract award. 3. The system shall at a minimum support browsing by journal, article title, article subject, and author. To provide more focused searching, the system shall provide advanced and expert searching options with relevance and date sorting options. 4. The system shall provide Boolean search options (AND, OR, NOT) to facilitate database searching. The system shall also provide wild card search options and the ability to refine search results. 5. The system shall display search results in the form of citations that show the article title, article author, name of the journal in which the article was published, and the date of the journal issue. Each article citation shall provide a link enabling the user to obtain extended information on the article, including an abstract which summarizes the information and findings provided by the article. If the full text of the article is available, a link to the full text article shall be provided or a pdf. 6. The system shall permit users to an "Article Toolbox" once the citation is displayed. It offers the following options: email article, cited by, citation feed, save as citation alert, export citation, and save as Quick link. 7. Users will have the ability to set up custom quick links to user defined favorite titles, ScienceDirect pages and other websites 8. Users have the ability to create citation and search alerts 9. The vendor shall provide a live chat technical support service option available that is available 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday. 10. The vendor shall provide training materials (e.g., quick reference cards, training presentations including webinars) to assist users in learning how to use the reference database. 11. This requirement is subject to Section 508 compliance. Vendor proposals shall address appropriate 508 compliance requirements stipulated in the SOW. 12. Counter compliant usage stats will be provided on a monthly basis to track usage. Evaluation Factors for Award: The Government shall award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer is the lowest price technically acceptable offer, which shall represent best value to the Government. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price (inclusive of options) meeting or exceeding the non-cost factor (technical conformance to the requirements of the solicitation). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions. The offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the best interest of the Government; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. Evaluation Factors for Award: Lowest price, Technically acceptable. Offerors shall price each CLIN (including options). This is an all or nothing requirement, therefore, vendor shall provide a price for each requirement with the CLINs, otherwise your proposal will be determined to be substantially incomplete and not warrant any further consideration. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Technical Features Meeting/Exceeding Salient Requirements (Brand Name or Equal) 2. Total Price (all CLINs shall be priced) Proposal Instructions to Offerors: Offerors are required to submit their proposals in two separate volumes as follows: Volume I – Technical Volume II – Pricing Proposal The completion and submission of the above items will constitute an offer (proposal) and will indicate the offeror’s unconditional assent to the terms and conditions of this RFP and any attachments hereto. Alternate proposals are not authorized. Objections to any terms and conditions of the RFP will constitute deficiency, which may render the offer unacceptable. Volume I – Technical: This volume shall contain the Technical Approach. This portion of the proposal to include all data and information required for technical evaluation of brand name or equal product, and exclude any reference to the pricing aspects of each offer. If an equal product is proposed, offeror shall demonstrate how that product is equal to the brand name product. Offerors shall demonstrate in sufficient detail a technical approach that will successfully accomplish each of the requirements of the salient characteristics. For purposes of clarification for the Technical Evaluation Team, offerors are encouraged to provide trial access to their products to demonstrate how the requirements of the attached SOW are addressed and met. Volume II – Pricing: This volume shall include the complete pricing. Offerors shall propose pricing for a one year base period with an option for two (2) additional 1 year periods. FAR Provisions & Clauses: FAR 52.203-6 ALT I, Restrictions on subcontractor Sales to the Government. FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors---Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition with the exception of (d), (h), and (i) of the clause, which are RESERVED; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions---Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. In compliance with said clause, the following FAR clauses apply: 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers with disabilities; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003) FAR 52.213-2, Invoices Offerors are reminded to include a completed copy of 52.212-3 ALT I with their response, or provide an affirmative response that the offeror is registered in ORCA and all information in ORCA is current and complete. All clauses shall be incorporated by reference or full text in the order. Additional contract terms and conditions applicable to this procurement: 52.217-9 Option to Extend the term of the Contract 52.232-18 Availability of Funds (Apr 1984) Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government’s obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. (End of clause) The contractor is requested to hold price quotations for a minimum of two (2) months. Other Administrative Instructions: Central Contractor Registration (CCR). In accordance with FAR 52.212-4, Offerors shall be registered in the CCR database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://www.ccr.gov; provide DUNS number; Cage Code and TIN. Proposals shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Matt Erbe at matthew.erbe@fda.hhs.gov. Proposals are due by 1:00 pm Eastern Time on 04 Jan 2010. Please submit questions to the below addressed by email only. No phone calls.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/FDA/DCASC/FDA-SOL-10-10005A/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: FDA Biosciences Library, WO2, Room 3051, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, United States

Zip Code: 20993
 

Record

SN02031931-W 20091230/091228234109-378451545e237097b5ad0a2b6429f2c2 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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