76-Notice of Intent to Sole Source for American Chemical Societys Chemical Abstra

Notice of Intent to Sole Source for American Chemical Societys Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) SciFinder Discovery Platform (06/01/2026 05/31/2027) In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, the Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis to American Chemical Societys (ACS) Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) to purchase a subscription to the SciFinder and PatentPak Discovery Platform because NETL requires access to a comprehensive, authoritative research discovery application that provides unlimited access to references, chemical substances, and reactions, along with integrated patent information in order to ach