76--Reaxys Online Subscription

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Research and Development intends to award a sole source fixed price purchase order to Reed Elsevier, Inc. for a subscription to Reaxys, an online workflow solution that enables users to research essential, relevant and actionable chemical data. EPA intends to issue two purchase orders as a result of this announcement. One will be a one-year subscription and the other will be for a one-year base period with four option periods. The proposed contract action is for services for which the EPA intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a quote by October 31, 2013. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Interested parties may contact the contracting officer, Christine Edwards, via email at [email protected].