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Subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled "Solicitation for Information of Planning Purpose," this announcement constitutes a Sources Sought for information and planning purposes for qualified and experienced sources to provide a seamless telecommunication infrastructure that supports the institutional missions of teaching, learning, and research by providing high quality, robust, scalable, and cost-effective digital telecommunications for United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. It is not to be construed in any way as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. The Government plans to procure these services as Commercial Item as defined in FAR 2.101.

NAICS CODE: The NAICS Code for this requirement is 513120, Periodical Publishers, and the Size Standard is 1000 employees.

BACKGROUND:

The Naval Supply System Command (NAVSUP), Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk (FLCN) is conducting market research to determine industry capability and interest to provide the following required services and supplies. The Contractor will provide subscription services to procure several hundred to one thousand subscriptions on behalf of the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The Contractor shall provide full-texted access to all periodicals and scholarly journals as noted. Further details are provided in the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). The proposed procurement is a single award, Firm-fixed Price contract.

RFI SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested parties shall submit responses to this RFI. Responses should reference the RFI and shall

Include the following information in this format:

1. Company name, address, Point of Contact name, phone number, and email address.

2. Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and DUNS Number. Any government schedule contract number.

3. Business size under NAICS.

4. Capability statement addressing your ability to support the scope of the requirement listed in this notice and applicable attachments.

5. Describe any past performance efforts with a similar scope to the proposed requirement. Provide contract numbers, dollar value, and the period of performance for each contract referenced in the response to this sources sought notice.

6. Indicate if your company can be a prime contractor for this effort or, if not, whether your company can be a subcontractor. If subcontractors are to be used, provide the anticipated percentage of effort to be subcontracted and if a small or large businesses will be used.

7. Provide questions, comments, or feedback regarding the draft PWS, planned contract type or any other associated information.

8. Provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM). The ROM shall include a total price for the effort, including an explanation on how pricing will be calculated including subscription fees.

Documentation of technical expertise and experience must be presented in sufficient detail for the U.S.Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Standard company brochures will not be reviewed. Listing/pricing information shall be submitted via Microsoft Excel Format. Technical submissions are not to exceed five (5) typewritten pages in no less than 12 font. All technical questions and inquiries maybe submitted within the response.

Responses should be emailed to trumeka.c.king.civ@us.navy.mil by 10:00 am eastern standard time (EST) on 10 November 2023. Again, this is not a request for a proposal. Respondents will not be notified of the results and the U.S. Government is not required to answer any questions submitted in regards to this RFI. Please note the information within this pre-solicitation synopsis will be updated and/or may change prior to an official synopsis/solicitation, if any.

1. Contractor shall provide full-text access to periodicals and back files to IEEE subscriptions to the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Nimitz Library.

2. Electronic access to these specific periodicals and proceedings:

a. Full-text access to all IEEE Conference Proceedings including Backfiles

b. Full-text access to IEEE Periodicals and backfiles

c. Full text access to the entire IEEE Standards Collection

d. Full text access to IET Conferences and E&T Magazine

e. Full text access to “Proceedings of the IEEE”

f. Full text access to IEEE Spectrum

g. Must integrate with Library’s Ex Libris management platform and discovery tool

h. The content provider must be able to be signatory on bi-lateral license and terms & conditions agreements.

See attached Statement of Work

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