Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order to Elsevier, Inc. for an organization-wide annual subscription of Science Direct Journals on-line. Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters Procurement Operations Division, (3808R) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20460 Response Date: May 29, 2013 by 5:00 PM EST THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Office of Acquisition Management (OAM), Headquarters Procurement Operations Division (HPOD) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Elsevier, Inc. in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This sole source procurement is for an annual electronic subscription to Elsevier's agency-wide annual subscription of Science Direct Journals on-line. The US EPA requires access to the annual subscriptions of scientific journals for all US EPA staff and contractors based at EPA Headquarters including regional and lab locations. Elsevier is the sole source provider of the journals within the Science Direct on-line service. NO SOLICITATIONS OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. Notwithstanding, any firm who believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated herein (or equivalent/adequate substitution) may submit a response, which if received within 10 calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. All questions and/or responses must be directed to Brent Maravilla via email at
[email protected]. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. The point of contact for this procurement is Brent Maravilla, Contract Specialist, at
[email protected].