SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- SAFARI Books Online - Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2018
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/PK - WPAFB (includes PZ, WL, WW, WI, WN, WK, LP, WF, WK), 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7218, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7218
- Solicitation Number
- FA8604-18-P-5018
- Archive Date
- 2/13/2018
- Point of Contact
- Samuel Pacheco, Phone: 937-255-7858, Joelynn Laux, Phone: 937-255-7863
- E-Mail Address
-
samuel.pacheco-ortiz@us.af.mil, joelynn.laux@us.af.mil
(samuel.pacheco-ortiz@us.af.mil, joelynn.laux@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Intent to award Sole Source: SAFARI Books Online NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, Safari Books Online, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) (only one source reasonably available) on or about 12 February 2018. The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 01 March 2018 - 01 March 2019. FSC: 7630 NAICS: 519130 Size Standard: 1000 employees Subscription name: SAFARI Books Online Supplier name: SAFARI Books Online Product description: Access to on- demand, fully searchable digital library that provides access to over 40,000 books, videos, pre-publication manuscripts, and short form content in the fields of technology, business, and related creative services, professional development, and personal enrichment topics, as well as to tutorials and live training courses. Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered: • Access to on- demand, fully searchable digital library that provides access to over 40,000 books, videos, pre-publication manuscripts, and short form content in the fields of technology, business, and related creative services, professional development, and personal enrichment topics, as well as to tutorials and live training courses. • This material would include the O'Reilly guides that are crucial for IT training. Those publications are the industry standard for IT learning. • The portal must provide searching, online content formatting, a modern interface that is compatible with browsers on mobile devices. It must also allow users offline content availability to parts of the collection. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received within 5 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Contractors should be aware of the following information: 1. Contractors must include the following information: a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers. b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above. c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone. d. Company CAGE Code or DUNS Number. 2. In your response, you must address how your product meets the product characteristics specified above. 3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED. 4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format. Responses should be emailed to Samuel Pacheco at samuel.pacheco-ortiz@us.af.mil and Joelynn Laux at joelynn.laux@us.af.mil no later than 12 February 2018, 2:00 PM EST. Any questions should be directed to Samuel Pacheco through email.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN04810783-W 20180207/180205231350-043e12eb2d4cca4fe0d4563591b58e12 (fbodaily.com)
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