NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE-FY26-Gale In Context_Middle School.pdf
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This is a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source contract. The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Cengage Learning, Inc., under FAR 6.103-1 authority, with an anticipated award date of September 3, 2026. The contract covers a one-year base period plus three option years for subscription access to Gale In Context: Middle School, a multimedia database serving DoD Libraries. The product combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources covering cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, and literature, supporting grades 6-12 curriculum standards in language arts, social studies, and science. The PSC is 7630, NAICS code is 516210 (Internet Publishing and Broadcasting), and the small business size standard is $47 million.
Responses must be submitted by August 31, 2026, at 3:00 PM CST to Contracting Specialist Mary Cobb (Mary.Cobb.7@us.af.mil) and Contracting Officer Vaughn Swinton (Vaugh.Swinton@us.af.mil), with responses considered through September 3, 2026, at 12:00 PM CST. Submissions must be limited to ten pages in Microsoft Word or PDF format and must include points of contact, business size classification based on the NAICS code, socioeconomic status identification, CAGE Code, and UEI. While the notice indicates intent to award to Cengage Learning as the sole source, responsible sources are encouraged to submit alternative products and proposals explaining how they meet the specified product characteristics. Submissions must be unclassified, and the Government reserves discretion to proceed with or without competition.
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE
The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to a single source, Cengage Learning, Inc., under the authority of RFO 6.103-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements) on 03 September 2026. The projected period of performance (FY26) base one (1) base year and three (3) option years of periodical, multimedia national and state curriculum content, for DoD Libraries.
PSC:
NAICS:
516210
Small Business Size Standard:
$47M
Subscription:
Gale In Context: Middle School
Supplier:
Cengage Learning, Inc.
Product Description:
The Department of the Air Force Library Program requires access to Gale In Context: Middle School. DoD Libraries requires a database that combines Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, etc. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more. Gale In Context: Middle School provides engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 12 in language arts, social studies, and science. Middle school students will benefit from an interface that delivers a combination of the highly visual design and navigation preferred by younger users as well as the authoritative content and user-focused tool set needed to support middle school assignments and coursework.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received by 03 September 2026, 12:00 PM, CST for this notice. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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 and UEI.
2. If this posting specifically references brand name products, offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those specifically referenced. Responses must address how the alternate product meets the product characteristics specified above.
3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.
4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word or PDF compatible format.
Responses shall be e-mailed to Contracting Specialist: Mary Cobb, Mary.Cobb.7@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer: Vaughn Swinton at Vaugh.Swinton@us.af.mil no later than 31 August 2026 at 3:00 PM CST.
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