NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TO CLARIVATE ANALYTICS LLC

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Commercial Items. The ACC-APG Installation & Technology Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price sole source supply contract to Clarivate Analytics LLC.

Cage Code: U1P88.  Please see the attachment labeled, “Justification Redact” for further detail as to why this action is being negotiated solely with Clarivate Analytics LLC.

The objective of this contract is for DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center’s (DEVCOM-CBC) to procure an integrated, web-based platform designed to support all levels of scientific, technical and scholarly research by providing single search access to the content listed below at the end-users desktop:

                                    Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) (1900- Current Year)

                                    Conference Proceedings Index (CPCI) (1990-Current Year)

                                    Journal and Highly Cited Data (JCR + ESI)

Clarivate Analytics Sole Source for the Web of Science:

The Web of Science™ is a proprietary database owned and hosted exclusively by Clarivate Analytics which contains a number of products including the Web of Science SCIE and Conference Proceedings Citation Index™. The Web of Science™ contains unique content and functionality that is unduplicated by any other vendor.

Clarivate is the sole source for the Web of Science data. All licensing and access entitlement for Web of Science is only through Clarivate and under its licensing terms. 

As such, this requirement will be awarded on a sole-source basis IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i)

Soliciting from a single source (exclusive licensing agreements).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 513120. Posting date of this requirement is July 17, 2025.  A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than 3:00PM Eastern Daylight Time, July 27, 2025. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government.

This is not a Request for Quote. This is a written notice to inform the public of the Government's intent to award on a sole source basis the required services.

Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted to: Toni M Foster; toni.m.foster.civ@army.mil. NLT 3:00PM Eastern Daylight Time, July 22, 2025. Telephonic inquiries will not be considered.