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Justification and Approval for Single Source Awards

USITC - 050 (Rev. 4/2022)

Print Form U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20436 United States Phone: 202-205-3098 www.usitc.gov

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Consolidated J&A for actions Not Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) (FAR 13.501)

Contracting Office Requiring Office

U.S. International Trade Commission

Office of Procurement

500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436

U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436

Office of Operations

Justification and Approval for: Single Source Brand Name

1. REQUISITION NUMBER: 6500-OARS-25-0049 ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE:

2. Description of supplies or Services Required to Meet Agency:

LexisNexis provides individual credentialing access to Lexis-Nexis Plus for legal info, research data and academic journals supporting analysts, investigators and attorneys.

3. Justification for Limited Competition:

Lexis+ provides the Nexus Company Dossier to analysts that offers details on millions of public and private companies integrated with domestic and foreign news sources that is further integrated with top tier market research reports and reviews.

We have not identified any peer equivalent using this dashboard approach. The platform also offers top tier papers like the New York Times and thousands of academic and scientific journals. Further the Congressional resources like the Serial Set as well as over 200 comparable years of the Code of Federal Regulations, all with a revised search interface finds no peer equivalent.

5. Requiring Officer's Certification:

I certify that the facts and representations in this justification, included herein, meet the Government's need and that the supporting data which forms the basis for this justification is complete and accurate.

Printed Name, Requiring POC

Grace Wu

Date

May 1, 2025

Signature

6. Contracting Officer Certification: Posted:

I have received this justification and find it to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Printed Name, Contracting Officer

Alisha Hunt

Date

Jun 4, 2025

Signature

Date Jun 4, 2025USITC.GOVPosted: www.sam.gov (>$25,000)

4. Description of Market Research Conducted and Results:

The Commission recognizes that other platforms provide legal research capabilities, but they do not offer the same combination of proprietary content, integrated new resources, or analytical tools.

Vendor Name: RELX, Inc.

U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20436 United States Phone: 202-205-3098 www.usitc.gov J:\usitc graphics\seal in blue.jpg Justification and Approval for Single Source Awards USITC - 050 (Rev. 4/2022) Justification & Approval for Single Source Awards Form required for justification & approvals under the simplified acquisition threshold. currently there is only a form for over the SAT, which is much longer and in depth than required by the FAR 9.0.0.2.20101008.1.734229 Deborah Bridge 4/3/2018

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Shadara Peters 5/2/2018 J:\usitc graphics\seal in blue.jpg Consolidated J&A for actions Not Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) (FAR 13.501) Contracting Office Requiring Office U.S. International Trade Commission Office of Procurement 500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436 Justification and Approval for:

5. Requiring Officer's Certification:

I certify that the facts and representations in this justification, included herein, meet the Government's need and that the supporting data which forms the basis for this justification is complete and accurate.

6. Contracting Officer Certification: Posted:

I have received this justification and find it to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.