Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription and Open Access Publishing
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation REQUIREMENTS-25-3420-Pre-Sol in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 4, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
PRE-SOLICITATION Elsevier ScienceDirect Subscription Point of Contact: Name: Angela Royster Title: Contracting Officer Address: 325 Broadway, DSRC, Boulder, CO 80305 Set-aside: N/A. The Government does not intend to set-aside this procurement for a small business program. Codes for services or supplies: NAICS 513120, PSC 7630 Description: This requirement is to provide a subscription for online full-text archival access to 33 peer reviewed scientific journals and the Freedom Collection for 16 NOAA Libraries (�NOAA Library Network�) and NOAA facilities without a servicing library (NOAA-wide acc… (show all)
ess), as well as several monographic series titles for select library locations as outlined in the Subscriptions Required section below. These titles are essential to NOAA research and are available only from the publisher, Elsevier, via its online journal platform, ScienceDirect. NOAA intends to award a sole-source contract to Elsevier B.V. under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901, using SAP up to $9M as authorized by RFO 12.201-1. The contract period of performance includes a 12-month base period and four (4) 12-month option periods. The required subscription will provide access to titles from January 1st through December 31st of each year beginning in the year 2027. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may provide written notification to the Contracting Officer. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within its discretion. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Who won similar work
502 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NOAA), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROUND LEVEL SERVICES LLC | 15 | $22.5M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| TITANIUM LOGISTIC SERVICES, LLC | 6 | $558K | Feb 24, 2026 |
| PARYMON CORP | 5 | $3.5M | Sep 21, 2026 |
| RYZHKA INTERNATIONAL LLC | 4 | $127K | Mar 30, 2026 |
| JAG ALASKA INC. | 3 | $106.5M | Sep 11, 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY CORPORATION | 3 | $71.0M | Sep 2, 2026 |
| A.I.S., Inc. | 3 | $50.7M | Mar 30, 2026 |
| NV5 GEOSPATIAL, INC. | 3 | $49.0M + 2 shared | Aug 4, 2026 |
| DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC | 3 | $19.0M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Microwave Power Products, Inc. | 3 | $5.1M | Sep 21, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Oct 14, 2026THE GORDIAN GROUP, INC.$72K14 RS Means License Renewal
- Oct 14, 2026CASTAGNOLA TUG SERVICE, INC.$21KV--Vessel Charter - Buoy Recovery and Deployment - Sa
- Sep 25, 2026MUNDAY SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LTD$18KPM of Microscopes
- Sep 25, 2026MACKAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC$22K58--Procurement of Furuno Felcom GMDSS Replacement
- Sep 25, 2026GAUMARD SCIENTIFIC CO, INC$27K65--Auscultation Manikin Light Skin/Dark Skin proficie
- Sep 25, 2026REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE Boulder CO 80303 USA$620KSBES Data Discovery and Interoperability Awards
- Sep 24, 2026CE SOLUTION PLUS CORP.$40KJ--Santa Cruz Laboratory Cooling Tower & Chiller Mx
- Sep 24, 2026JONAH VENTURES, LLC$34KB--REQUIREMENTS-26-3767 eDNA Sample Processing
- Sep 24, 2026LYCEUM DYNAMICS LLC$18KJ--Narragansett, RI - Diesel Generator & ATS Svc & Mx
- Sep 24, 2026ENTERPRISE ELECTRIC AND RENTAL INCORPORATED$398KJ--Point Adams Backup Power System
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (11 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 304 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.