Organizational Membership - ARL 2024

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES OR PROPOSALS. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND QUOTES/PROPOSALS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED. This notice is for the acquisition of commercial supplies and/or services for which the Government intends to negotiate with only one source. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C.

1901 Use of Non-Competitive Procedures and 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a Single Source. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine, intends to enter a contract on a sole source basis with Association for Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 for an annual membership. ARL’s mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the communities they serve.

ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. An annual membership is the only way to gain access to these essential benefits for the National Library of Medicine.

This notice incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-02 effective 12/22/2023 including all FAR Circulars issued as of the date of this synopsis. NLM anticipates that an award will be made on or about February 26, 2024. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) applicable to this requirement is 813920 and the business size standard is $23.5 million. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation.

This will be a firm fixed price type order. Interested Offerors may submit a capability statement not exceeding 5 pages in length which details their ability to satisfy this requirement. Quotes, capability statements, and related (non-proprietary) materials, or any questions must be submitted in writing by email to the Contracting Officer, LaDonna Stewart at ladonna.stewart@nih.gov no later than 11:00 am Eastern Time on February 20, 2023. NO collect calls will be accepted.

NO facsimile transmissions will be accepted. Any quotation, if timely received by an eligible offeror, shall be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (Sam.gov) at the time an offer is submitted.

Any information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information.