Electronic Subscription for Journals & Magazines

Notice of intent to award a sole source contract. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract to Elsevier B.V. for an electronic online access subscription of various magazines and journals. Elsevier B.V has the sole proprietary ownership via ScienceDirect.com for the journals and magazines listed below. Each subscription will include unlimited full-text article viewing and downloading, 4-year backfile, robust search tools with a user-friendly interface and free-training and technical support. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS Interested parties have five (5) calendar days from the date of publication of this Synopsis, to submit in writing, to the identified point of contact, clear and convincing evidence of their qualifications and/or capabilities. Such qualifications and/or capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after five (5) calendar days, or without the required information, will be considered non-responsive to this synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to conduct this effort as a full-and-open competitive procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. All inquiries must be submitted in writing to the email address, [email protected] and to the attention of Mr. Tony Sixon, Contracting Specialist. Responses to this notice must be received by 12PM EST, January 13, 2010. Responses must include your business name, point of contact, address, and telephone number with area code. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted. If no responses are received, an award will be made to ELSEVIER B.V. New York, NY 10010. List of Journals requested for electronic access 1. Thin Solid Films 2. Surface Science (including Surface Science Letters) 3. Surface and Coatings Technology 4. Physics Reports 5. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 6. Solid State Communications 7. Solid State Ionics 8. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 9. Planetary and Space Science 10. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 11. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A, B & C 12. Progress in Surface Science 13. Surface Science Reports 14. Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 15. Reports on Mathematical Physics 16. Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 17. Progress in Quantum Electronics 18. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 19. Superlattices and Microstructures 20. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 21. World Patent Information 22. Physica Medica 23. Physics of Life Reviews