Notice of Intent to Sole Source, FAR 13.106-1

In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b), the National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to award a simplified acquisition, sole source purchase order with Digital Science/ÜberResearch for a one-year license subscription of "Dimensions for Funders." Digital Science/ÜberResearch is the only source that can provide the services for the following reasons: •1. Uniqueness: Dimensions for Funders by the Digital Science/ÜberResearch is the only one product out on the market that offers integrated databases of research grants, publications, citations, and patents that cover a broad landscape from both national and international major research resources. This unique database coupled with on-site customer training will enable ENG to perform holistic and cutting edge research and analyses. •2. Comprehensive: Dimensions for Funders by the Digital Science/ÜberResearch has a wide range of use cases for ENG, including: •· Researching Proposals-Novelty, Duplication, Trends, and Relevance - with its shared database of grant awards and Natural Language Processing ("NLP") tools we can view a global landscape of related research to a submitted proposal. •· Reviewer Identification and Matching - leveraging over 3 million researcher profiles with publications and awarded grants, Dimensions identifies relevant Reviewers and presents conflicts of interest indicators. •· Portfolio Analysis and Categorization - Dimensions allows everything from the quick analysis of topics and peers to portfolio reporting on highly-defined categories. Item Supplies/Services Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Price 0001 Digital Science/ÜberResearch Software Subscription 1 USD $98,401.00 $98,401.00 Potential offerors that believe they can fulfill the NSF's need should submit a capabilities statement to ponit of contact listed in this announcement.