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Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Subscription to a Mathematical Bibliographic and Expert Reviews Database

Notice ID: SS-NB135000-27-00002

Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought

Response Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m. EST

Product Service Code (PSC): DA10

NAICS Code: 513210 Software Publishers

BACKGROUND

The NIST Research Library and Museum (Library) within Management Resources (MR), provides scientific and technical information assistance to 3,100 full-time staff and 2,000 researchers across the Gaithersburg, MD, and Boulder, CO campuses. To support NIST’s measurement science mission, the Library delivers access to critical electronic resources, including technical publications, e-journals, e-books, and scientific databases. Due to the volume and technical complexity of global mathematical literature, NIST researchers require specialized indexing, abstracting, and peer-critiqued evaluation tools. This acquisition provides campus-wide online access to a mathematical bibliographic and expert review database to enable efficient evaluation of proof validity, citation tracking, and discovery of peer-reviewed mathematical findings.

By facilitating global information discovery, access, and digital resource management, the Library ensures researchers maintain rigorous scientific integrity and technical leadership. NIST has a requirement to provide campus-wide access to a mathematical bibliographic and expert review database. Due to the volume and technical complexity of global mathematical literature, NIST researchers require specialized indexing, abstracting, and peer-critiqued evaluation tools. The Library requires campus-wide online access to a curated mathematics bibliographic and expert review database. Access ensures researchers can evaluate proof validity, trace citation history, and discover relevant peer-reviewed findings efficiently.

11. Performance Requirements

The Contractor shall:

Provide Access to Mathematical Bibliographic and Expert Reviews Database that meet the following requirements:

1.Provide online access to a mathematics indexing and abstracting database of American and European mathematical literature and corresponding expert reviews for the Gaithersburg and Boulder campuses.

2.The database shall:
a.Be a fully searchable database of reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for American and European mathematical sciences literature containing over 3 million items with direct links to original articles.