This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Coast Guard to William S. Hein & Co., Inc., a prominent legal publisher and provider of electronic legal research materials. The contract provides a multi-year subscription to the HeinOnline digital library, which contains over 2,600 law-related periodicals and extensive collections of legal journals, historical documents, legislative histories, regulatory content, and other legal research materials.
The contract has a base period from May 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, with four 1-year option periods through December 31, 2019, subject to availability of funding. The total ceiling value of the contract is $94,685.00. The contract was not set aside for any socioeconomic program. William S. Hein & Co., Inc. holds a $5 million indefinite delivery contract (IDV) through the Library of Congress FEDLINK program, which enables federal agencies to procure commercial electronic information resources, document delivery services, and specialized access or product integration services.