THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) intends to issue a firm-fixed award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(i)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, Institute of Physics (IOP.)

This requirement is for the renewal of an online subscription providing access to journals published by IOP. The subscription period is January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source to IOP Publishing with a one-year base period and three one-year option periods.

The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC) has a requirement for subscription renewal of existing approved/required journals and access to the IOPscience Extra Package. Based on market research, only IOP subscriptions allows access to the IOP Historic Archives 1874-1994 journals as well as the IOPscience Extra journals published by IOP. Access is restricted to the Office of Science. DOE is provided with a direct link to the website which is listed on the OSTI.gov website under the pulldown tab labeled research tools via the SCE Journals link button. This for the Office of Science and is not publically accessible. The IOPscience Extra Package include the following 91 journals:

1. 2D Materials


2. Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology


3. Applied Physics Express


4. Biofabrication


5. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics


6. Biomedical Materials


7. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express


8. Chinese Physics B


9. Chinese Physics C


10. Chinese Physics Letters


11. Classical and Quantum Gravity


12. Communications in Theoretical Physics


13. Computational Science & Discovery


14. Convergent Science Physical Oncology


15. Distributed Systems Engineering


16. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology


17. ECS Transactions


18. Electrochemical and Solid State Letters


19. ECS Electrochemistry Letters, and;


20. ECS Solid State Letters


21. Journal of The Electrochemical Society


22. Electronic Structure


23. EPL


24. European Journal of Physics


25. Flexible and Printed Electronics


26. Fluid Dynamics Research


27. Functional Composites and Structures


28. Inverse Problems


29. Izvestiya: Mathematics *


30. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics


31. Journal of Breath Research


32. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics


33. Journal of High Energy Physics


34. Journal of Instrumentation


35. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering


36. Journal of Neural Engineering


37. Journal of Optics


38. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (from 2007)


39. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (from 1988)


40. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (from 1989) Formed by merger of:


41. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics


42. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics


43. Journal of Radiological Protection


44. Journal of Semiconductors


45. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment


46. Laser Physics


47. Laser Physics Letters


48. Materials Research Express


49. Measurement Science and Technology


50. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence


51. Metrologia


52. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering


53. Multifunctional Materials


54. Nano Futures


55. Nanotechnology


56. Nonlinearity


57. Nuclear Fusion


58. Physica Scripta


59. Physical Biology


60. Physics Education


61. Physics in Medicine & Biology


62. Physics in Technology


63. Physics-Uspekhi


64. Physics Bulletin


65. Physics World


66. Physiological Measurement


67. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion


68. Plasma Research Express


69. Plasma Science and Technology


70. Plasma Sources Science and Technology


71. Proceedings of the Physical Society (1958-1967)


72. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A (1949-1957)


73. Proceedings of the Physical Society Section B (1949-1957)


74. Proceedings of the Physical Society (1926-1948)


75. Proceedings of the Physical Society of London (1874- 1925)


76. Progress in Biomedical Engineering


77. Progress in Energy


78. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific


79. Quantum Electronics


80. Quantum Science and Technology


81. Reports on Progress in Physics


82. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics


83. Russian Chemical Reviews


84. Russian Mathematical Surveys


85. Sbornik:Mathematics *


86. Semiconductor Science and Technology


87. Smart Materials and Structures


88. Superconductor Science and Technology


89. Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties


90. Transactions of the Optical Society (1899-1932)


91. Translational Materials Research

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 513120 - Periodical Publishers, with the size standard of 1,000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes.

Any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by November 7, 2023, by 5:00 p.m. EST. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to paynet@osti.gov by 5:00 p.m. local time. A determination not to compete the proposed order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award in accordance with FAR part 4.11.

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