SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source HeinOnline Subscription Renewal
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- 14PR-PRIV-0003
- Point of Contact
- Justin C. DeWitt, Phone: 2406138096
- E-Mail Address
-
justin.c.dewitt@irs.gov
(justin.c.dewitt@irs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on behalf of the Department of Treasury's Departmental Office's (DO) intends to award a sole source order to William S. Hein & Co. Inc. for the DO's HeinOnline Subscription Renewal. The authority permitting a sole source acquisition is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The period of performance will be a base period of 1-year plus (2) 1-year option periods. The period of performance is estimated to begin on October 1, 2013. According to market research conducted, William S. Hein & Co, Inc. is the sole provider of the HeinOnline Subscription Renewal inclusive of the HeinOnline American Law, HeinOnline Core Plus Collection, and HeinOnline Taxation & Economic Reform in America research libraries. The HeinOnline Subscription is a product that allows Treasury employees to obtain congressional material and Government documents that pre-date 1980. The HeinOnline subscription will allow Treasury leadership to conduct historical research using the materials provided by the subscription to formulate national economic policy and ensures Treasury's compliance with federal law, and relies upon this subscription to provide this information. It also provides a need to know why and how a provision or regulation changed over time. Hein Online is the only electronic resource that provides this information, through a citation navigator and through search and browse capabilities. William S. Hein & Co, Inc. is the only provider of this source documents dating from 1789 to the present. The company has no other resellers or distributors of this product. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than September 3, 2013. Responses shall be submitted to Justin.C.DeWitt@irs.gov. Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 1. The name of your company; 2. Company DUNS No.; 3. POC name and contact information; 4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing a renewal for the specific items mentioned above; and, 5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities. It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with the HeinOnline services mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product cable of meeting the Government's needs. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/IRS/NOPAP/14PR-PRIV-0003/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Online Subscription, United States
- Record
- SN03166071-W 20130830/130829000153-9e88619d57c9ad4eb59f2ab766b9836d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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