The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to Cambridge University Press (OUP) to provide electronic access via the internet for all USDA users for selected University Press Journals. This access should include perpetual data rights to the content that is made available to USDA during the performance period. The Contractor shall provide upon termination of the contract and upon a request from USDA, all subscribed to database content in a mutually agreed upon non proprietary format. The Cambridge University Press is a not for profit publisher dedicated to the world wide dissemination of knowledge across a wide range of subject areas. It has a long and distinguished history in journal publishing, spanning nearly 200 years. The Cambridge University Press currently publishes over 220 peer-reviewed academic journals for the global market. Containing the latest research from a broad sweep of subject areas, Cambridge Journals are accessible worldwide in print and online. The journals span over 32 subject areas, ranging from Agriculture, Archaeology and Anthropology, Nutrition, to Psychology, and Cognitive Science, Religion, and Social Studies. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and 41 USC 253 § (1), the property and service needed by the National Agricultural Library is available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or service will satisfy the needs of the national Agriculture Library. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The Point of Contact for this action is Ms. Marian Dixon-Durham and any response must be emailed to
[email protected]. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than June 28, 2013.