Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Serial Subscription Services
Department of Energy · Sol. 480207
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Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY (run for the Department of Energy by its contractor, BSA) wants a subscription agent to order, renew and manage its journal and periodical subscriptions. The vendor would handle print and electronic serials, online databases and related resources, including paying publishers and supporting e-journal access. The contract length is not stated.
Watch out for
- You pay publishers. Handling publisher payments means you may need cash on hand to front large subscription costs.
invoicing and publisher payments
- Specialized industry experience. Only firms already working as library subscription agents with publisher relationships are likely to qualify.
demonstrated experience providing serial subscription services to libraries
- Buyer is a lab contractor. The buyer is the lab's operating contractor, not a federal agency, so its own purchasing rules and terms may apply.
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Full brief
What they want
- Place, renew and manage subscriptions to domestic and foreign journals, periodicals and databases
- Provide a web-based serials management system
- Handle invoicing, publisher payments, account and financial management
- Support electronic journal access and process claims, cancellations, credits and refunds
- Provide reporting, customer support and training
- Coordinate with publishers and pass on competitive pricing and discounts
- Place of performance
- Upton, NY
- Offers due
- 2026-10-04 11:59 PM ET (SAM.gov response date)
You must have
- Financially sound, with demonstrated experience providing serial subscription services to libraries
BSA seeks a financially sound and knowledgeable contractor with demonstrated experience providing serial subscription services to libraries
- Broad access to domestic and foreign publishers
broad access to domestic and foreign publishers
Not in the notice text
- How and where to submit a proposal
- Contract length and options
- How offers will be evaluated
- Size of the subscription list and annual spend
- Pricing format (service fees, discounts)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 5, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 28, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 480207
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Office
- Brookhaven Natl Lab -DOE Contractor
- NAICS
- 519290
- Product/service code
- R605
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services
- Place of performance
- Upton, NY
- Contracting contact
- Blake Clemmerbclemmer@bnl.gov6313442762
- Versions
- 6 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Contractor shall furnish all qualified personnel, facilities, services, and supplies necessary to place, renew, maintain, and manage subscriptions to domestic and foreign serials and periodicals in electronic, print, and other available formats, including journals, standing orders, online databases, technical reports, memberships, government documents, abstracts and indexes, back issues, and related information resources. Services shall include subscription ordering and renewal, access to a web-based serials management system, account and financial management, invoicing and publisher payments, reporting, electronic journal access support, claims processing, cancellations, credits, refunds, customer support, training, and coordination with publishers. BSA seeks a financially sound and knowledgeable contractor with demonstrated experience providing serial subscription services to libraries and broad access to domestic and foreign publishers. The objective of this acquisition is to obtain prompt and accurate order processing, competitive publisher pricing and applicable discounts, timely and accurate billing, effective subscription management, and reliable access to scientific and technical information resources supporting BNL’s research mission