# Notice of Intent to Sole Source under the SAT for Custom Data Extract - Web of Science - XML - Custom With Updates

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/49100426q0036

- Solicitation number: 49100426Q0036
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was June 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Department: National Science Foundation
- Contracting office: National Science Foundation (n-NATIONALSCIENCEFOUNDATION)
- NAICS: 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
- Product or service code: 7B22 Computing hardware and software products for servers and converged appliances, such as physical and virtual server environments, tools, operating systems (Windows, Linux, UNIX) and virtualization software.
- Place of performance: Virginia
- First posted: June 26, 2026
- Last posted: June 26, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a68804da41274a148a986301cd93ebf2/view

## Description

**Synopsis of Proposed Contract Action:** NSF intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Clarivate for Custom Data Extract - Web of Science - XML - Custom With Updates. This data includes metadata from over 12,500 journals spanning over 250 science, social science and humanities disciplines. Conference proceedings and book metadata are also available. Data are available back to 1900 and include over 63 million article records and 1 billion cited references to date.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This synopsis is for informational purposes only. Market research and technical validation confirm that this specific proprietary commercial software license is essential to the Government's requirement.

Similar commercial products or alternative platforms cannot be modified to meet agency operational parameters without substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition per RFO FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A). Under RFO policy, the statutory exception applies that only one responsible commercial source can satisfy the Government requirement.

## Publications

- June 26, 2026: Special notice, due June 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice a68804da41274a148a986301cd93ebf2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a68804da41274a148a986301cd93ebf2/view

## Points of contact

- Christine Beinhacker, cbeinhac@nsf.gov, 7032924731
- Soundjata Carty, scarty@nsf.gov, 7032922506

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