Notice of Intent to Sole Source 2017 Wiley Journals Subscriptions The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Program Contract Activity Central (PCAC) intends to solicit to only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106, Soliciting from a Single Source. The VA intends to solicit to Wiley Subscriptions for the purchase of a one year subscription for the Hastings Center Report and Journal of Clinical Psychology. The subscription will allow the Veteran Affairs: Access for electronic publications shall be granted through IP address validation on an institutional basis, eliminating the need for users to enter identification, username and/or password. For remote access, product should be Athens accessible. An unrestricted number of simultaneous users shall have immediate access from any web-enabled computer within VA Central Office. Journals shall be maintained with the most current issues available with no embargo period. The product shall be compatible with most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled. To ensure privacy, the product uses session cookies rather than persistent cookies. The product shall be compatible with the Windows environment. Product must be 508 compliant (http://www.section508.gov/). If product is not 508 compliant, vendor must describe measures being taken to bring product into compliance and date, within 12 months of contract award, that product will be 508 compliant. Or, if product is not 508 compliant, vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses to this notice are due on or before Friday December 16, 2016, 12:00 PM EST by email to
[email protected] and Bernadette Bodzenta at
[email protected] Point of contact for this notice is Richard Webb, email address listed above. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contract Activity Central 6150 Oak Tree Blvd Suite 300 Independence, OH 44131