76--Scientific Abstracts Database Subscription

NAICS Code: 511140 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, with Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet Database Service for access to the following: Biological Sciences Database (BSS02ZCBC), Environmental Science & Pollution Management (EPS02ZCB), GeoRef Database (G0C02ZCBC), NTIS Database (NTI02ZCBC), Agricola (AGC02ZCBC), Web Resources Database/Recent References (WEB02ZCBC), Document Acquisition Link and Library Administration Module (LAD02ZCBC). The contractor shall provide a site license allowing an unlimited number of user's to search from their desktops and allow each user to search multiple databases's simultaneously. The results of the search must indicate if the SPRD library owns the journal identified. Hyperlinks for full-text online journals are required. In addition, interlibrary loan requests would be initiated immediately from the citations identified by the search, while meeting copyright law and guidelines. This is not a request for proposal. However, any firm believing itself capable of meeting EPA's requirement may submit technical documentation to establish the potential of complying with the specifications. Such documentation must be submitted to the point of contact within 10 days of the posting of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered only for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed on a sole source basis. The applicable NAICS code is 511140. Please submit your request in writing to David Boris at 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, OH, 45268 or fax your request to (513) 487-2115. No telephone requests will be honored.