Production, publication and dissemination of Journal of Infectious Diseases.

This is a notice of intent to sole source. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341; in accordance with FAR Part 13.106(b) and 41 USC 253 (c) (1) intents to solicit a single source for the Procurement of the production/publication and dissemination of a supplement (stand-alone issue) of the Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID) on the topic of respiratory syncytial virus in the international setting, tentatively entitled "Surveillance for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in CDC's Global Disease Detection Network: Epidemiology, disease burden and clinical characteristics". The CDC's intent is to sole source the following requirement to the Oxford University Press. The North American Industry Classification System code is 511130, 500 people. The purpose of this procurement is to: Coordinate with the JID editorial staff to arrange for publishing of the RSV Supplement, Conduct all tasks related to publication production, including layout, graphics, copy editing, resulting in a final version of the supplement suitable for publication, Mail hard copy of JID supplement to all subscribers with the regularly scheduled printed edition of JID and Publish the JID supplement online as free-to-view. This product resulting from this procurement is intended to reach a broad readership with specific interest in laboratory and epidemiologic characterization of clinically relevant pathogens such as RSV. Oxford University Press possesses the ability to reach this target audience and has the ability to offer free-to-view articles, which will further increase the readership and result in higher visibility. Many other journals have a very limited /narrow focus on various tropical diseases and do not focus on RSV to the extent intended. Oxford University Press possesses the ability to present literature on RSV to the appropriate target audience and in the volume desired for the best outcome. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contract Specialist on or before 8:00 am EST on August 20, 2012. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail, to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. All questions must be in writing and must be emailed to Candice L. Simmons at iie3@cdc.gov. Please reference CDC-50858 on all correspondence. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the CDC will proceed to sole source this requirement to the Oxford University Press.