Notice of Intent to Sole Source Association for Computing Machinery e-Journals

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), intends to issue an award to Association for Computing Machinery, 1601 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019-7434, a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures as outlined in FAR Part 12. The requirement is for multiple physical site licenses for the following journals: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Journal publications. The license is propriety to ACM; Association for Computing Machinery is the sole source provider of the complete ACM Digital Library and ACM Open Licenses for the institutional library market. ACM holds exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the ACM Digital Library and ACM Open.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 513120 with a size standard of 1000 employees.

This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor s ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to TriNeciya.C.Winford@usace.army.mil. The notice number shall be included in the subject line of e-mail submissions. Responses should be received by date specified above.