--Electronic accss to journals

The U.S. Army Research Institute, through the Defense Contracting Command-Washington, plans to award a sole source purchase order to Elsevier Science, Inc. under the simplified acquisition threshold. The contract involves providing electronic access to 16 journals published by Elsevier via their ScienceDirect web-based platform. This acquisition is being conducted without a solicitation document and is not a request for quotes, but interested firms may submit capability statements within 10 days of the notice publication. The contract is identified under the solicitation number USA-SNOTE-080124-009 and pertains to NAICS code 511120, which relates to publishing electronic content. The contracting office is the W6QK Adap Support Office within the Department of Defense, located in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The notice underscores the sole source nature of the acquisition and directs capability statements to LaWanda Stewart at the specified Pentagon address. No specific place of performance has been designated.