ATCH 1 - Product Description.pdf
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- FA890326A068824001
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This is a Product Description document for a Book and Audiobook Point Plan solicitation issued by the 772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Lackland, Texas, dated 21 September 2026.
The contractor must provide monthly books and audiobooks to 63 Department of the Air Force library locations supporting remote and isolated installations. The point plan requires a minimum of 12,000 points per month (145,000 annually), with each point generally equivalent to $1. The contractor shall supply all personnel, materials, packaging, shipping, transportation, administration, and supervision necessary for fulfillment. Materials must be provided in hardback, paperback, and audiobook formats across all genres and general content topics including fiction, non-fiction, biography, history, military, and personal development. The contractor must offer an online ordering system with 48-hour shipment of in-stock titles, real-time stock checks, access to pre-publication lists and over 19 million titles, and a multi-tier web-based platform allowing librarians unique logins for selection and cart management. The contractor shall provide MARC records and RDA records (when available) for DoD Integrated Library System input, order history and status tracking, and dedicated customer service representatives. Shipping must occur via U.S. Postal Service First Class and Priority Mail, UPS, FedEx Ground, or similar carriers to APO addresses in New York or San Francisco. Items received in error or unacceptable condition shall be replaced and shipped at no additional cost without requiring return. No technical or physical processing is required, and the contractor must provide VCL platform access credentials for testing purposes.
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| ATCH 2 - Pricing Schedule.docx | DOCX document |
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Product Description Book and Audiobook Point Plan
772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Lackland, TX 78226-1865
21 September 2026
1. Scope The Contractor shall provide monthly books and audiobooks to sixty-three (63) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Library locations supporting remote and isolated installations. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, packaging, shipping, transportation, administration, and supervision necessary to fulfill the requirements of this contract.
2. Product Characteristics:
• Shall provide a point plan with a minimum of 12,000 points per month and 145,000 for the year.
• Point plan is for purchasing books and audiobooks for 63 libraries. Generally, 1 point is equal to $1.
• Shall be able to provide materials for collection development in a book and audio book format
• The vendor shall provide reliable monthly selection lists ensuring that selections will be new release or high demand titles.
• Shall be able to provide material of new releases, current best sellers as well as a back catalog of older material
• Requires access to the vendor's pre-publication lists with advance notice of new releases, and access to information about other titles available.
• General content: all genres (for example: drama, comedy, mystery/thriller, fantasy/ science fiction, action/adventure, animation, foreign language); non-fiction and fiction on general topics (for example: biography, travel, history, military, personal development, health and psychology)
• Shall provide books in hardback, paperback and audio formats
• Shall be able to offer ordering through an online ordering system
• Shall shipped in-stock titles within 48 hours of submitted order
• Shall be able to ship to at least 63 library locations
• Shall provide MARC records for selected books to be downloaded by library to input into DoD Integrated Library System.
• Shall provide RDA record when available for selected books meeting AACR2r standards are cataloging.
• Shall be able to provide order history and status for each account.
• Shall be able to provide materials for collection development in a book format
• Shall provide a multi-tier web-based system for review and selection. The system shall offer access to information about publications such as reviews, selection lists, release dates, publisher's list prices, book covers, descriptions, etc. Librarians shall have their own unique logins to select items, build carts, and submit selections to the Contractor, or notifications to the ordering officer, who will then submit the selections to the Contractor.
• Selections shall be allowed throughout the month for multiple libraries
• Shall be a current book wholesaler in the library marketplace working with publishers to provide access to over 19 million books, music, movies and more
• Shall provide real-time stock check for distribution centers
• Items received in error or in unacceptable condition shall be replaced and shipped to the customer at no additional cost. Return of such items shall not be required.
• Shipping shall be via U.S. Postal Service First Class and Priority Mail, UPS, FedEx Ground, or similar to APO addresses, either New York, NY or San Francisco, CA. No international shipping is required.
• No technical or physical processing is required
• Shall be able to dedicate customer service representatives to resolve all service issues
• Shall provide username & password for VCL to test platform
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