76--SPRINGER EBOOKS ENVIRONMENTAL LIBRARY

SPRINGER EBOOKS INTENT TO AWARD LANGUAGE: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is has a requirement for Springer's Earth and Environmental Science eBook collections for 2013, 2014, and 2015. These three collections provide access to full text scientific monographs published in the geosciences and related scientific and technical disciplines. Access to the Springer Earth and Environmental Science eBook collections will be bureau-wide, 24/7 with unlimited concurrent usage across all sites regardless of geographic location. Uses will be accessing the product remotely via the Internet. There are no additional administrative fees above the purchase price. Once purchased, access to the 2013-2015 collections will be in perpetuity. The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to Springer, unless it is contacted by any vendor who believes they can provide the same service. Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Nicole Johnson ([email protected]) no later than 12:00PM EST, Friday, February 19, 2016 with an affirmative answer. SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION STATES THE FOLLOWING PART: The following information is provided to demonstrate the proposed contractor¿s unique qualifications: eBooks published by Springer are the product of Springer who is the sole publisher, owner and distributor of eBooks published by the company. Purchase of these electronic book collections is not available from another source. These eBooks support USGS research in geology, environmental health and toxicology, geophysics, environmental hazards, geography, cartography, hydrology, and earth systems sciences. These eBooks include several monographic series that continue previous holdings of the Library¿s collection and are only published by Springer. The eBooks in the Earth and Environmental collections are unique in content and the publisher requires individual collections be purchased directly from them. Market research indicates titles can be purchased on an individual basis on a third party vendor platform, however there are no companies to purchase these eBooks from with the terms we require which are: perpetual ownership of the content and unlimited, simultaneous users across multiple physical locations Springer works with these companies from their Trade Books division but strict guidelines are followed for purchasing collections. The use of the books would be subject to access restrictions imposed by the vendor selling the individual electronic books on Springer¿s behalf. Books purchased from third party vendors would not be owned by the USGS Library in perpetuity, as third party vendors do not own the content. Only the publisher offers access to its content across multiple sites to unlimited simultaneous users.