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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to The American Chemical Society. T... The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to The American Chemical Society. The purpose of this award is to provide electronic access via the internet for all USDA users to Nature America Publishing. See attached – Statement of Work (SOW). The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is mandated (7 U.S.C. 3101) to serve as the primary agricultural information resource of the United States. One of its functions in that role is the acquisition of information in all aspects of agriculture and allied sciences. In support of this function, the NAL acquires databases in electronic format from publishers and makes the databases accessible to USDA employees and library patrons via the internet. In keeping with its charge to collect agricultural and related information, it seeks to maintain a collection of publications in various formats from a variety of publishers and sources. The American Chemical Society is the only vendor that can meet NAL’s requirement for immediate access to American Chemical Society journal content with perpetual access and perpetual data rights to the content issued during the period of performance. The American Chemical Society is the only copyright holder of its publications and thus is the only source of the perpetual data rights NAL seeks. No source other than the American Chemical Society provides the perpetual data rights for American Chemical Society publications. Having perpetual data rights granted by the American Chemical Society will give USDA users access in perpetuity to the content for which NAL purchases access. Maintaining electronic copies by obtaining the perpetual data rights from publishers fulfils NAL’s mandate to preserve our nation’s agricultural literature. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 511110 – Newspaper Publishers Authority for this sole source procurement is under 10 U.S.C.2403 (c) (1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1, one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The Point of Contact for this action is Ms. Marian Dyson and any response must be emailed to Marian.Dyson@usda.gov. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than June 6, 2022 – 07am EST.

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL), has a requirement for electronic access via the internet for all USDA user... The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL), has a requirement for electronic access via the internet for all USDA users for American Chemical Society Journals. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY AND A SOLICITATION IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Government. The information collected will be used for market research to define the Government's requirements and create the appropriate acquisition strategy. Responding to this notice does not automatically include the responder on any bidders list, if such list is developed. Depending on quantity and quality of the responses received, the criteria may serve to generate the initial pool of potential contractors to be invited to respond to a resulting solicitation. NAL requires electronic access via the internet to American Chemical Society Journals for use by USDA employees, contractors, authorized public on-site users, cooperators, and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA. USDA locations worldwide are to be considered authorized premises. Access must include perpetual data rights to the content that is made available to USDA during the period of performance. The contactor shall provide, upon termination of the contract and upon request from USDA, all subscribed-to-purchased content in a mutually agreed-upon non-propriety format. NAL as requires electronic access to non-current earlier issues of American Chemical Society Journals. A contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) databases as required by FAR 4.1102 to be considered for any awards. See FAR 52.204-7 for registration instructions. It is the vendor's responsibility to monitor Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) for any amendments. Any interested vender that feels able to fulfill the requirement shall submit supporting documentation via email to Marian Dyson at the following email address: marian.dyson@usda.gov. No information will be taken by telephone. The deadline for responses to the Source Sought Notice is April 11, 2022, by 07:00 AM EST, in responding to the notice, please provide your company name, address, email address, phone/fax number, UEI SAM, and DUNS number.