NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(i)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, Nature America, Inc., 1 New York Plz Ste 4500, New York, NY, 10004-1562, as the only responsible source that can provide electronic access to Springer Digital Library. Nature America, Inc., is the sole publisher and provider of the electronic access to Nature and American Scientific Digital Library providing multisite access to the required journals. The incumbent contractor shall provide subscription renewal services to the DOE?s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). The proposed contract is 1/1/17 through 12/31/17. DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source to the Nature America, Inc. Nature America, Inc., is the sole publisher for the journals that are required by OSTI. The required list of journals are as follows: Nature Nature (including Nature News) * Nature 1869-1949 archive Nature 1950-1986 archive Nature 1987-1996 archive Nature 1997-2006 archive Nature Digest (only available in Japan) Scientific American Scientific American * Scientific American 1845-1909 Archive Scientific American 1910-1947 Archive Scientific American 1948-1996 Archive Scientific American 1997-2005 Archive Scientific American Supplements & Builders Archive Collection Nature-branded research journals Nature Astronomy (new as of Jan 2017) Nature Biomedical Engineering (new as of Jan 2017) Nature Biotechnology * Nature Cell Biology * Nature Chemical Biology * Nature Chemistry * Nature Climate Change * Nature Ecology and Evolution (new as of Jan 2017) Nature Energy Nature Genetics * Nature Geoscience * Nature Human Behaviour (new as of Jan 2017) Nature Immunology Nature Materials * Nature Medicine * Nature Methods * Nature Microbiology Nature Nanotechnology * Nature Neuroscience * Nature Photonics * Nature Physics * Nature Plants Nature Protocols * Nature Structural & Molecular Biology * Nature-branded reviews journals Nature Reviews Cancer * Nature Reviews Cardiology Nature Reviews Chemistry (new as of Jan 2017) Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology Nature Reviews Disease Primers Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Nature Reviews Endocrinology Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology Nature Reviews Genetics * Nature Reviews Immunology * Nature Reviews Materials Nature Reviews Microbiology * Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology * Nature Reviews Nephrology Nature Reviews Neurology Nature Reviews Neuroscience Nature Reviews Rheumatology Nature Reviews Urology Academic journals on nature.com Acta Pharmacologica Sinica American Journal of Gastroenterology Bone Marrow Transplantation British Dental Journal British Journal of Cancer Cancer Gene Therapy Cell Death and Differentiation Cell Research Cellular & Molecular Immunology European Journal of Clinical Nutrition European Journal of Human Genetics Evidence Based Dentistry Eye Gene Therapy Genes and Immunity Genetics in Medicine Heredity Hypertension Research Immunology and Cell Biology International Journal of Impotence Research International Journal of Obesity Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Journal of Human Genetics Journal of Human Hypertension Journal of Perinatology Lab Animal Laboratory Investigation Leukemia Modern Pathology Molecular Psychiatry Mucosal Immunology Neuropsychopharmacology Oncogene Pediatric Research Polymer Journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases Spinal Cord + Spinal Cord Series and Cases The ISME Journal * The Journal of Antibiotics The Pharmacogenomics Journal Archive access fees Nature 1869-1949 Nature 1950-1986 Nature 1987-1996 Nature 1997-2006 Nature Biotechnology Nature Genetics Nature Medicine Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Scientific American 1845-1909 Archive access fee Scientific American 1910-1947 Archive access fee Scientific American 1948-1996 Archive access fee Scientific American 1997-2005 Archive access fee Scientific American Supplement & Builders Archive Collection access fee * indicates renewal of existing site license or access fee This requirement is for subscription renewal of existing approved/required journals and online access to the journals published by Nature America, Inc. Based on market research, only Nature America subscriptions allows access to the Archives from 1845 forward for Nature and Scientific American journals. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 511120 with the size standard of $15 million. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document will exist for this requirement. This notice closes on 11/28/2016 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Contracting Office Address: US Department of Energy Oak Ridge Integrated Support Center Office of Science P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Government Point of Contact: Tammy Payne Phone:
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