Membership to ConnectNY

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. hereby announces its intent to award a sole-source contract to ConnectNY. ConnectNY is a consortium of independent academic institutions in New York State. The mission of ConnectNY is to share collections, leverage resources, and enhance services through cooperative initiatives and coordinated activities. All the libraries pay to belong, to provide the service, and pay to jointly purchase ebooks to share. This facilitates the sharing of hard-copy books and publications amongst NY Colleges. that includes full member rights, including attendance at two annual membership meetings, and the opportunity to learn about new technologies, content, research and applications in the field of digital information. This procurement is for a one year membership This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Quotation (RFQ); it is strictly a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e). NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a RFP or as an obligation on the part of the Government for follow-on acquisition. Responses to this notice are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. All interested parties that feel they can provide a comparable alternative to this source OR have any objection to this sole-source award should forward their statement in writing to [email protected]. This notice will close on Friday, April 27, 2018.