Combined syn solAcq of Web of Sciences

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Hospital and Laboratory Support Division
Office of Logistics and Operations (OLAO)
Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM)

Title: Access to Web of Science, EndNote and Incites

Combined Synopsis Solicitation

COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION WORKFORM

Action Code: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Date: October 23
Year: 2026
Contracting Office Zip Code: 20892
Classification Code: 7630
Contracting Office Address:
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Subject/Title: Access to Web of Science, EndNote and Incites Solicitation Number: RFP-OD-04157
Closing Response Date: November 4, 2026 @ 6:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Questions Due Date: October 27, 2026 at 12:00 P.M Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Contact Point(s): Lynda Cole, Contracting Officer
Contract Award Type: IDIQ
Contract Award: TBD
Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD
Contract Line Item Number(s): TBD
Contractor Award Date: TBD
Contractor Name: TBD
Brand Name or Equal Acquisition (FAR 52.211-6): Yes
Description:
Provide the NIH and the HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library (DLS) access to the Web of Science product, which includes the Science Citation Index (SCI), the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), the Conference Proceedings Citation Index, the Book Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Index Chemicus, BIOSIS Citation Index, Current Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, and the Zoological Record. Access to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) shall also be included. Options for including InCites Benchmarking for NIH Library staff only and NIH and HHS agency staff served by the NIH Library should be included.

Provide access to a desktop bibliographic management software that that includes 7000 citation styles, allows the creation of customized reference styles, allows users to provide read only access to their citation libraries, provides automatic reference and linking updates, allows users to view the activity of their collaborators in shared libraries and matches papers with relevant journals.

The contractor at a minimum shall update the contents of the databases weekly. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) shall be updated annually.

The contractor shall provide NIH with open-URL enabled software to allow third-party linking from the citations in the databases to electronic versions of NIH Library subscribed documents or to document delivery services using products such as Primo. Staff from NIH and HHS shall be taken to a view of the databases on Web of Science that includes only the link to their agency library.