SAGE STM Journal Collection Additional Options

AFRL's Library requires the purchase of additional years of SAGE STM Journal Collection access able to support the mission.  These additional years will be added to the current contract FA2396-24-P-B027.

The AFRL Library Council has a requirement for an online physics literature database that meets the laboratory's mission to "lead the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space and cyberspace forces." The AFRL libraries support civilian, contractor, and military personnel, primarily scientists and engineers (S&Es), assigned to the eight AFRL technical directorates which include Aerospace Systems, Airman Systems, Directed Energy, Information, Materials and Manufacturing, Munitions, Sensors, and Space Vehicles and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The AFRL libraries provide research materials, including databases, electronic books, journals and other services, to all AFRL S&Es. The AFRL Library Council is a consortium that exists to create partnerships among the libraries at the various sites hosting AFRL elements. The different locations are Arlington, VA, Edwards AFB, Eglin AFB, Fort Sam Houston, Kirtland AFB, Rome Research Site, and Wright-Patterson AFB. They cooperatively acquire materials that are made available to civilian, contractor, and military employees across the laboratory. The required database will help the AFRL Library Council meet the above mission by providing the library users with research materials to meet the requirements of the Air Force Research Laboratory's research and development goals.

This resource needs a highly-focused scope on the field of physics and allied areas and to offer a tailored collection of electronic reference resources for scientists and engineers (S&Es) that provides access to full-text titles, primarily peer-reviewed journals. Due to the differing research missions of the individual AFRL technical directorates that the libraries support, the required database needs to be all-inclusive of the different materials and allow S&Es the ability to effectively and efficiently research the required physics topics. The SAGE STM journal collection needs to be made available through the individual AFRL libraries' websites or intranet sites via the EZproxy authentication service, as well as, provide its own interface that can be accessed through an independent website (https://www.sagepub.com).  This resource needs to allow material to be downloaded to provide offline access in situations with low or no internet access. The resource needs to provide online research tools from professionally curated and/or peer-reviewed sources that offer trusted information in abstracts, articles, and electronic journals with a focus on the subject areas listed above.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations.  However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government.  The Government will consider responses received within 5 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.

If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603.  If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. 

A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.   

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1. Contractors must include the following information:
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8. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format.

Responses should be emailed to Travis McCullough at Travis.McCullough.1@us.af.mil no later than, 10 Dec 2024 2:00 pm EST.  Any questions should be directed to Travis McCullough through email.