SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Online Westlaw Subscription
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, Quality and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1540 Robert M. Ball Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21235, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21235
- Solicitation Number
- CODM-14-00009
- Archive Date
- 6/4/2014
- Point of Contact
- Molly B. Papas,
- E-Mail Address
-
Molly.Papas@ssa.gov
(Molly.Papas@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, but merely notification of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) intent to issue, on a sole-source basis, a firm fixed-price delivery order to Thomson Reuters LLC, against their Library of Congress FEDLINK contract, for access to their online Westlaw, Westlaw Next, and West LegalEdCenter databases. Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 6.302-1, the Contracting Officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Westlaw, Westlaw Next, and West LegalEdCenter databases are only available from its producer and manufacturer and not through dealers or distributors. The period of performance will be for twelve months, beginning October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. The Westlaw databases are heavily used in the Office of the General Counsel, the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, and the Office of Budget. They are essential to the successful completion of critical agency work involving Social Security claims that have been appealed to the administrative or federal court level. The databases includes federal and state codes, cases, and regulations, specialized treatises, and SSA "private files" for maintaining the Office of the General Counsel memoranda and other work products. In addition, the subscription includes a unique search algorithm that includes elements from the West Key Number System, West's Keycite service, and West Secondary Sources. It also includes Case Summaries, a shared folder capability, and notes and highlighting features that are not found in other databases. Westlaw contains many unique databases and features, including: • National Reporter System • West Key Number System • West's Editorial Enhancements • Full Restatements of the Law • Uniform Laws Annotated • National Digest System • Full American Jurisprudence Library • U.S. Code Cong. and Admin. News • Public Utilities Reports (PUR) • Briefs on Westlaw (more than 2.3 million briefs) • PastStat Locator - USCA A determination by SSA not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of SSA. Information received will be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this notice. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. Responses shall be submitted by 12:00PM ET on June 3, 2014. If SSA does not receive an acceptable response to this announcement by June 3, 2014, negotiations will be conducted with Thomson Reuters LLC as the only source and a purchase order will be issued without any additional notices being posted. All responses must be submitted via email to Molly.Papas@ssa.gov.
- Web Link
-
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/OAG/CODM-14-00009/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21235, United States
- Zip Code: 21235
- Zip Code: 21235
- Record
- SN03379975-W 20140531/140529235642-0f9309ffe5f5485b86e4e0150a84ce08 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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