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1.0 Description This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or intent to issue a RFQ in the future. This Sources Sough... 1.0 Description This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or intent to issue a RFQ in the future. This Sources Sought does not commit the Government to contract for any service whatsoever. Furthermore, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought; therefore, all costs associated with responding will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in a future RFQ, if one is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offeror to monitor www.SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this requirement. 2.0 Background The 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron is seeking potential sources that can provide the AFSVC/VCL an enhanced access license to a core collection of 3 weather e-subscription titles from Springer Online Subscription Service for 557 Weather Wing. One additional journal will be accessible on the account that Springer provide access free of charge. These journals provide mission-critical readily available information directly addressing the unique nature of the 557 Weather Wing mission 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Our dedicated weather research personnel require information from these vital publications to perform their day-to-day jobs. The purchase of these journals on the Springer Online platform must have peer reviewed journals and scholarly publications that provide required information for our dedicated team of weather scientists, engineers, and research personnel to perform their day-to-day jobs. The product characteristics are listed below: Perpetual online access to specific journals: Theoretical & Applied Climatology, Solar-Physics Journal, Space Science news The online database must be a part of a larger scholarly portfolio that supports the database and can be searched in conjunction with the other resources. Must provide peer reviewed journals and scholarly publications provide require information for our dedicated weather wing team of scientists, engineers, and research personnel publications to perform their day-to-day jobs. Must provide mission-critical information as it becomes available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year; directly addressing the unique nature of the 557 WW mission. Must be able to meet the technical and security requirement for access to DAF Weather Agency (557 WW) systems. 3.0 Requested Information Vendors responding shall specify that they can meet the requirement and provide detailed company information to show clear technical capability. Please provide the following information: · Company Name, Address, UEI and CAGE · Identification of business size and whether currently designated as a small business and the appropriate categories (small business, small, disadvantaged business, 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, woman-owned small business, HUB zone, minority-owned, etc.) · Capabilities Statement 4.0 Responses All responses must be received no later than 12:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) on 21 September 2023. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Ms. Dorothy Howe at dorothy.howe@us.af.mil and SSgt Austin Grabowski at austin.grabowski@us.af.mil.