76--Wiley Life & Earth Science eBook Package

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is has a requirement for Wiley-Blackwell¿s Life & Earth Science eBook back-files of electronic monographs. These specifically selected eBooks provide access to full text monographs published in scientific and technical earth and life science related disciplines, such as ecology, plant sciences, zoology and animal sciences, microbiology, and geosciences. Access to the Wiley-Blackwell eBooks in the Life & Earth Science collection 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 selected eBooks 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 Wiley-Blackwell, 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, Tuesday, July 26, 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 Wiley are the product of Wiley who is the sole publisher, owner and distributor of eBooks published by the company. Purchase of these electronic books with the required terms 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. The eBooks are unique in content and the publisher Wiley who is the sole source of this offering 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. USGS requires 24/7 unlimited concurrent usage across all sites, in perpetuity, across multiple physical locations. Wiley 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 Wiley¿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.