SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent to Sole Soruce
- Notice Date
- 9/23/2019
- 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 Eastern Region 3, 300 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19123-2932, United States
- ZIP Code
- 19123-2932
- Solicitation Number
- 0919-19-1005
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2019
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie J. Puryear, Phone: 4109669885
- E-Mail Address
-
stephanie.puryear@ssa.gov
(stephanie.puryear@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 purchase order to the Wolters Kluwer Legal Publishers for access to their online subscription to the Aspen Legal Treatise collection. 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 required Aspen Legal publications are copyright protected and thus Aspen Legal Publishers is the only known source for the updates and supplements to the SSA's existing Aspen Legal publications.. The period of performance will be for twelve months, beginning October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. The Aspen Legal publications contain copyright protected information that is used by the SSA attorneys and administrative law judges for research and trial/hearing preparation. These publications contain primary law, narrative analysis, criticism or evaluation of current legal issues, case law and/or statutes, which are organized and indexed for research. The required Aspen Legal publications are copyright protected and thus Aspen Legal Publishers is the only known source for the updates and supplements to the SSA's existing Aspen Legal publications. This requirement is utilizing procedures in FAR Part 12 in conjunction with procedures in FAR Part 13. 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 9:00AM ET on September 25, 2019 to Stephanie.Puryear@ssa.gov. If SSA does not receive an acceptable response to this announcement by September 25, 2019, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), negotiations will be conducted with the Wolters Kluwer Legal Publishers. as the only source and a purchase order will be issued without any additional notices being posted. Respondents should refer to 0919-19-1005 in their responses.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/SSAR3/0919-19-1005/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Robert M Ball Bldg, 6401 Security Blvd, Baltimore, Maryland, 21235-0001, United States
- Zip Code: 21235-0001
- Zip Code: 21235-0001
- Record
- SN05454796-W 20190925/190923230902-583c7024a5cc7da88029eb4cf1c71381 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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