SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure digital access to Taylor and Francis on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is: 519290, Web Search Portal and all other information services with a size standard of 1000 employees. A need is anticipated for the digital access to the taylor and francis database of academic journals at the United States Military Academy Library. Required journals are: Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1478-5145 Arts & Humanities 1753-2531 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1469-2872 Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment 9999-8306 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1940-1590 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1469-3542 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1923-3051 Library & Information Science 1544-4554 Education 0009-1383 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1743-968X Arts & Humanities 1743-7962 Education 1930-8299 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1521-0448 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1478-1174 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1944-1053 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1743-8764 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 2333-7494 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1475-1801 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1743-9698 Education 1465-3397 Biological, Earth & Environmental Food Science 1939-9154 Sociology & Related Disciplines 1466-4356 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1744-9065 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1465-3427 Arts & Humanities 9999-0017 Arts & Humanities 9999-0018 Arts & Humanities 1749-6985 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1743-9019 Arts & Humanities 1949-6540 Sport Science & Medicine 1557-251X Library & Information Science 1570-4749 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1469-9338 Library & Information Science 1536-7975 Sport Science & Medicine 1533-1571 Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment 2159-1229 Media, Cultural & Communication Studies 1550-6878 Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage 1574-0781 Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment 1940-6320 Physics 1545-8822 Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment 9999-6868 Arts & Humanities PACK-9329 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1750-2985 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1502-7589 Arts & Humanities 1753-5662 Psychology 1940-1027 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1533-8614 Psychology 1532-7752 Education 2168-3816 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1551-2177 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1743-937X Engineering, Computing & Technology PACK-5682 Arts & Humanities 1752-6280 Arts & Humanities 1469-9702 Mental Health & Social Care 1540-9635 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1743-7881 Physics 1943-748X Physics 1943-7471 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1091-7675 Media, Cultural & Communication Studies 1540-5710 Arts & Humanities PACK-1712 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1938-2855 Mathematics & Statistics 1935-4053 Media, Cultural & Communication Studies 1479-PACK Arts & Humanities 1470-1154 Business Management & Economics PACK-1162 Arts & Humanities 1743-7873 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 9999-184I Arts & Humanities 1743-9523 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1743-9558 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1743-9639 Engineering, Computing & Technology 1744-8980 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1521-0731 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1468-2699 Library & Information Science 1555-3337 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1556-1836 Sociology & Related Disciplines 2162-5387 Education 1938-8098 Engineering, Computing & Technology 1547-2701 Arts & Humanities 1939-926X Arts & Humanities 1754-1336 Education 1940-0675 Education 1940-1892 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 1556-3006 Strategic Defence & Security Studies 2049-680X Library & Information Science 1541-1095 Sociology & Related Disciplines 1533-8525 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1530-9177 Arts & Humanities 2042-4345 Biological, Earth & Environmental Food Science 1940-1310 Politics, International Relations & Area Studies 1743-9655 Arts & Humanities 1747-583X In response to this sources sought, please provide: 1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 4. Information to help determine if the requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information ( e.g. , market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns. 6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC contract specialist, Shawn Valastro, at
[email protected], if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 7. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.