Oreilly Sources Sought.pdf

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis published by the United States Air Force (the Government or USAF). There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to conduct market research to determine whether there are businesses available capable of providing an alternative product that meets the characteristics below. The Air Force anticipates procuring this product as a FY26 base effort with a projected period of performance of 30 September 2026 – 29 September 2027. This effort will have two – one year option periods: Option year 1 - 30 September 2027 – 29 September 2028 and Option year 2 – 30 September 2028 – 29 September 2029.

Responses to this sources sought notice will assist in a determination of whether it is in the best interest of the Government to proceed with a competition.

FSC: 7630

NAICS: 516210

Size Standard: $47M

Subscription name: O'Reilly Online Learning

Description: The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Library Program requires O'Reilly Online Learning. O’Reilly Online Learning is an e-reference resource for technology and business professionals providing access to over 60,000 eBooks, videos, and tutorials featuring technology, digital media & professional development topics. Also need account administration to manage the 25,000 user seats for the DAF, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.

Product characteristics or an equal item must meet to be considered:

1. Must be able to provide a learning platform and an on-demand digital library of research tools from professionally curated sources that offer trusted information eBooks, live training, videos, short-form content, on-demand tutorials, case studies, audiobooks, and evolving manuscripts that focus on leadership, business, management and project management, programming languages, software development, and computer networking

2. Must be able to provide online research tools from professionally curated sources that offer trusted information eBooks, videos, and tutorials on such topics as coding, cybersecurity, and web design

3. Must include over 60,000 eBooks, over 1186 Journals and over 1,032 articles, 4,021 streaming videos, and 776 books & 148 videos on technology and professional test preparation

4. Must be able to provide live and virtual courses with tech industry experts in security, architecture, data, AI, cloud and more

5. Must be able to provide courses and certificates of completion in upskill technology from scratch

6. Must provide direct paths to official certification prep materials to include interactive practice tests

7. Must provide interactive sandboxes and labs for hands on experience with critical technologies for safe dev environments from any browser

8. Must be able to provide account administration of seat usage

9. Must be able to interface with all 4 service branch library and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices.

10. Must work with contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons.

11. Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3

12. Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air

Force, Army, Marine Corps, Other, and Navy)

13. Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks

14. Website certificates should be RSA 2048-bits (SHA256withRSA)

15. VCL must be able provided a trial of resource that is commercial off the shelf product that exists in the library marketplace.

The Government will consider responses received within 12 days of issuance of this notice.

Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government competes this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is an administrative decision by the Government that is solely within its discretion.

Contractors should be aware of the following information:

1. Contractors must include the following information:

a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

d. Company CAGE Code or UEI.

e. Capabilities Statement

2. This requirement is not intended for specific brand name products. Offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those that may be specifically referenced by brand name. Responses must address how alternate product meet the product characteristics specified above.

3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government will not reimburse the respondents for any costs associated with their response. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Proposals nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. The Government reserves the right to contact the submitting parties, on an as required basis, for further clarification on material provided.

Respondents should not construe this notice as a commitment by the Air Force for any purpose.

Responses should be emailed to Contracting Specialist: Homer Rios, Homer.Rios@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer: Gustavo Guadron, Gustavo.Guadron@us.af.mil no later than 28 July 2026, 4:00 PM CDT. Any questions should be directed to Gustavo Guadron through email.