Notice of Intent to Sole Source - John Wiley & Sons

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OST) intends to issue a firm-fixed 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, John Wiley & Sons. This requirement is for the renewal of an online subscription providing access to journals published by John Wiley & Sons. The required institutional enhanced access license allows multiple users online access to all journals in the Online Wiley Library. Individual journal titles are listed in Attachment 1. No other source is authorized to provide this type of access to the customer. DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source to John Wiley & Sons with a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. 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 questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via e-mail to the point of contact or alternate point of contact. Any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by November 23, 2021, by 5:00 p.m. EST. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. local time. A determination not to compete the proposed order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award in accordance with FAR part 4.11. Contracting Office Address: US Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Government Point of Contact: Tammy Payne Phone: (865) 576-0247 FAX: (865) 576-3589 EMAIL: [email protected]