NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

Agency: ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
State: Tennessee
Type of Government: Federal
FSC Category:
  • 76 - Books, Maps, and Other Publications
Posted Date: Dec 31, 2025
Due Date: Jan 6, 2026
Solicitation No: OSTI-2026-8
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE
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Notice ID
OSTI-2026-8
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ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
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ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
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SC OAK RIDGE OFFICE
General Information View Changes
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Dec 31, 2025 01:47 pm EST
  • Original Published Date: Dec 31, 2025 01:40 pm EST
  • Updated Response Date: Jan 06, 2026 03:30 pm EST
  • Original Response Date: Jan 06, 2026 03:30 pm EST
  • Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
  • Updated Inactive Date: Jan 21, 2026
  • Original Inactive Date: Jan 21, 2026
  • Initiative:
    • None
Classification
  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: 7630 - NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
  • NAICS Code:
    • 513120 - Periodical Publishers
  • Place of Performance:
    Oak Ridge , TN
    USA
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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, Optical Society of America (OSA). DOE intends to award this requirement as a sole source contract with a one-year base period. OSA is the sole provider for access to the required online journals.



The incumbent contractor shall provide the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC) an online journal subscription for online access to the Optical Society of America Journals listed below. Subscription is by calendar year. 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 SC e-journals link button. This for the Office of Science and is not publically accessible. Subscription period is for the 2026 calendar year.



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 DOE-OSTI’s requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by January 6, 2026 by 3:30 p.m. EST. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to barnettn@osti.gov. 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.



Contracting Office Address:



US Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information



P.O. Box 62



Oak Ridge, TN 37830



Government Point of Contact: Natalie Barnett



Phone: (865) 241-3526



EMAIL: barnettn@osti.gov



List of journal titles associated:




  • Advances in Optics & Photonics

  • Applied Optics

  • JOSA B

  • Optics Letters

  • Optics & Photonics News plus leased Extended Backfiles

  • OSA All Conference Papers Online


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Contracting Office Address
  • PO BOX E
  • OAK RIDGE , TN 37831
  • USA
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