Sources Sought for Francis and Taylor Journal Access

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY.  The U.S. Government desires to procure digital access to Taylor and Francis  on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside.  Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside.  We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future.  This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.  Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice.  The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder.  Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued.  If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry.  It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.  The anticipated NAICS code(s) is: 519290, Web Search Portal and all other information services with a size standard of 1000 employees.

A need is anticipated for the digital access to the taylor and francis database of academic journals at the United States Military Academy Library.

Required journals are:

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1478-5145

Arts & Humanities

1753-2531

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1469-2872

Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment

9999-8306

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1940-1590

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1469-3542

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1923-3051

Library & Information Science

1544-4554

Education

0009-1383

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1743-968X

Arts & Humanities

1743-7962

Education

1930-8299

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1521-0448

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1478-1174

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1944-1053

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1743-8764

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

2333-7494

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1475-1801

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1743-9698

Education

1465-3397

Biological, Earth & Environmental Food Science

1939-9154

Sociology & Related Disciplines

1466-4356

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1744-9065

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1465-3427

Arts & Humanities

9999-0017

Arts & Humanities

9999-0018

Arts & Humanities

1749-6985

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1743-9019

Arts & Humanities

1949-6540

Sport Science & Medicine

1557-251X

Library & Information Science

1570-4749

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1469-9338

Library & Information Science

1536-7975

Sport Science & Medicine

1533-1571

Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment

2159-1229

Media, Cultural & Communication Studies

1550-6878

Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage

1574-0781

Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment

1940-6320

Physics

1545-8822

Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment

9999-6868

Arts & Humanities

PACK-9329

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1750-2985

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1502-7589

Arts & Humanities

1753-5662

Psychology

1940-1027

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1533-8614

Psychology

1532-7752

Education

2168-3816

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1551-2177

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1743-937X

Engineering, Computing & Technology

PACK-5682

Arts & Humanities

1752-6280

Arts & Humanities

1469-9702

Mental Health & Social Care

1540-9635

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1743-7881

Physics

1943-748X

Physics

1943-7471

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1091-7675

Media, Cultural & Communication Studies

1540-5710

Arts & Humanities

PACK-1712

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1938-2855

Mathematics & Statistics

1935-4053

Media, Cultural & Communication Studies

1479-PACK

Arts & Humanities

1470-1154

Business Management & Economics

PACK-1162

Arts & Humanities

1743-7873

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

9999-184I

Arts & Humanities

1743-9523

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1743-9558

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1743-9639

Engineering, Computing & Technology

1744-8980

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1521-0731

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1468-2699

Library & Information Science

1555-3337

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1556-1836

Sociology & Related Disciplines

2162-5387

Education

1938-8098

Engineering, Computing & Technology

1547-2701

Arts & Humanities

1939-926X

Arts & Humanities

1754-1336

Education

1940-0675

Education

1940-1892

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

1556-3006

Strategic Defence & Security Studies

2049-680X

Library & Information Science

1541-1095

Sociology & Related Disciplines

1533-8525

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1530-9177

Arts & Humanities

2042-4345

Biological, Earth & Environmental Food Science

1940-1310

Politics, International Relations & Area Studies

1743-9655

Arts & Humanities

1747-583X

In response to this sources sought, please provide:

1.  Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2.  Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not.  Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

3.  Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 

4.  Information to help determine if the requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

5.  Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6.  Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition.  Please contact the MICC contract specialist, Shawn Valastro, at shawn.m.valastro.civ@army.mil, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition.  Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the FedBizOpps notice.  Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

7.  Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.