NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Response Date: December 17, 2018 5:00 pm (EST) THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(i)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, Annual Reviews. DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source to OSA with a base year and a one-year option period. Annual Reviews is the sole provider for access to the required online Sciences Collection journals. The incumbent contractor shall provide the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC) an online journal subscription for online access to the Annual Reviews Science Collection journals listed below. Subscription is by calendar year. Access is restricted to the Office of Science. DOE is provided with a direct link to the website which is listed on the OSTI.gov website under the pulldown tab labeled research tools via the SCeJournals link button. This for the Office of Science and is not publically accessible. Subscription period is for the 2019 calendar year with a one-year option period. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 519130 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, with the size standard of 1,000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. Any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the DOE-OSTI?s requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by December 17, 2018 by 5:00 p.m. EST. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to
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[email protected] The Sciences Collection subscription (online format only) includes the following 48 periodicals: ? Analytical Chemistry ? Animal Biosciences ? Anthropology ? Astronomy & Astrophysics ? Biochemistry ? Biomedical Data Science ? Biomedical Engineering ? Biophysics ? Cancer Biology ? Cell & Developmental Biology ? Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ? Clinical Psychology ? Computer Science ? Condensed Matter Physics ? Control, Robotics & Autonomous Systems ? Criminology ? Developmental Psychology ? Earth & Planetary Sciences ? Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics ? Entomology ? Environment & Resources ? Fluid Mechanics ? Food Science & Technology ? Genetics ? Genomics & Human Genetics ? Immunology ? Law & Social Science ? Marine Science ? Materials Research ? Medicine ? Microbiology ? Neuroscience ? Nuclear & Particle Science ? Nutrition ? Organizational Psychology & Organizational Behavior ? Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease ? Pharmacology & Toxicology ? Physical Chemistry ? Physiology ? Phytopathology ? Plant Biology ? Political Science ? Psychology ? Public Health ? Sociology ? Statistics & Its Application ? Virology ? Vision Science