U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, CPO, 7th & D Streets SW, Room 3616, Washington, DC 20202-4443

D -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COMPUTER ASSISTED LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICE SOL RFQ-ED-00-B001 DUE 113099 POC Sylvia Just, Contract Specialist, 202-708-7831 or Joyce Calloway, Contracting Officer, 202 708-7216 The U.S. Department of Education/Office of Civil Rights intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis for the purpose of gaining access to on-line legal research and case retrieval services with Lexis-Nexis, through their Library of Congress (LOC) FEDLINK Basic Ordering Agreement. The Lexis services offer legal cases from U.S. federal and state courts plus case law and legal materials from other countries. Additionally, it includes U.S. federal statutes and regulations, law reviews and other publications that analyze current legal trends. All other responsible (FEDLINK) contractors may submit their written quotation and subject listing of the topic areas for on-line, full text, fully judicial opinions, statutes, regulations, and other related information including: US Code Annotated; Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Register; Office of Hearings and Appeals -- Administrative Law Judge (ALK) and Civil Rights Reviewing Authority decisions; National Disability Law Reporter (NDLR); and federal and state case flow information. ED would like to also have access to the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Law Reporter. ED will review and consider, if timely received, all sources proposing the most comprehensive and easily accessible service, price and any other factors considered. Offers must reflect what legal/non-legal, business publications and newswires/newspapers and thru their agreements with Dow Jones Interactive and Dialog. Also note the accessibility by full text of all of the major/key city newswire/newspapers being proposed; and each offer must include access to the Wall Street Journal. ED is seeking the most reasonably priced and comprehensive LOC listing that meets our needs. The offeror's price listing must be clear, and it must be stated if there is a flat monthly rate and/or if there are additional separate price(s) for other special/optional services. The anticipated award date is December 6, 1999. ED proposes to negotiate sole source under FAR 6.302. Interested offerors should respondwith their capabilities and/or submit their proposals within 10 days after date of this synopsis publication. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is received as a result of a notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See CBD Note 22. For technical questions, please submit your comments/questions via e-mail to Sylvia_A._Just@ed.gov; or FAX (if less than 10 pages) to 202-260-0525; or by mail to the attention of Sylvia Just, Contracts Specialist, U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, 7th & D Streets, S.W., Room 3636, ROB-3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4445. Posted 11/16/99 (W-SN401002). (0320)

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