THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with John Wiley & Sons Limited for the publication and release of the supplement entitled “Global Mental Health and HIV Prevention and Care” in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE and SET ASIDE STATUS The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 519130 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6—Competition Requirements. FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b) Soliciting from a single source provides that: For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer may solicit from one source IF the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name OR industrial mobilization). The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) No. 2021-02 effective November 23, 2020. Background / Purpose / Objective : The publication and release of the supplement entitled “Global Mental Health and HIV Prevention and Care” in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) concurrent with the 2021 annual meeting of the International AIDS Society in the summer of 2021 in Berlin, Germany is a high priority for the Division of AIDS Research, NIMH. This Journal supplement will include a collection of up to 13 research manuscripts reporting advances in research at the intersection of mental health and HIV in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC). The publication of the journal supplement and its release at this at this major conference, where thousands of researchers, policy and public health experts, and community members from all around the globe will be in attendance, provides a great opportunity to reach a broad range of interested parties with important scientific advances in the area of global mental health and HIV. This is important to NIMH as a funder with great interest in this area. John Wiley & Sons Limited, publisher of the Journal of the International AIDS Society agrees to publish a collection of articles entitled “Global Mental Health and HIV Prevention and Care” as a supplement to the Journal. The Publisher shall make the Articles available online in PDF and HTML formats and shall also prepare and make available online a complete, print-ready file of all of the Articles and the Editorial (i.e., the Supplement as a whole in one file). The Journal shall provide these online publications without charge to readers of the Journal. All articles shall be deposited in PubMed Central. Anticipated period of performance / delivery date : Required to be delivered by 9/30/2021. CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted. Specifically, Wiley Subscription Services Inc. is the only producer of the Wiley Online Journal platform and the collection of content available on the platform. The Wiley Online library contains scholarly journal materials not published elsewhere and highly referenced and cited professionals in the fields of scientific research. The content of the Wiley Online library is updated continuously and includes information critical to the ongoing research mission of NIMH. CLOSING STATEMENT THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. All responses must be received by the closing date and time of this announcement and must reference the solicitation number, NIMH-21-000501. Responses must be submitted electronically to
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