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State of Michigan Invitation to Negotiate 180000000098

INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE

NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIGATE AND CONTRACT WITH A SINGLE PROVIDER

Date: June 13, 2018

The State of Michigan intends to make a purchase for which it believes there is no viable alternative.

The purpose of this notice is to attempt to identify possible alternatives.

Requestor: Michigan Department of Education

1. State Contact Information:

The sole point of contact concerning this Invitation to Negotiate is:

Ruth Thole, Solicitation Manager 517-241-2170 TholeR@michigan.gov

2. Description of Purchase:

Subscriptions for Michigan newspapers on microfilm, online databases, and various microfilm/electronic resources that provide access to historical and health information. Resources are accessible to all State of Michigan employees and residents and supplement the Library of Michigan’s existing microfilm collection.

The Library of Michigan maintains a large collection of resources and must continue current subscriptions to offer consistent publications and information for patrons. Expanding the collections with newly available resources enables the Library of Michigan to carry out their obligation of serving as a permanent public repository.

Michigan newspapers on microfilm include:

• (Owosso) Argus Press

• (Houghton) Daily Mining Gazette

• (Iron Mountain) Daily News

• (Royal Oak) Daily Tribune

• Detroit Free Press

• (Battle Creek) Inquirer

• Lansing State Journal

• Macomb Daily

• Manistee News Advocate

• (Detroit) Michigan Chronicle

• (Ann Arbor) Michigan Daily

• (Marquette) Mining Journal

• Monroe Evening News

• Oakland Press

• Petoskey News Review

• Three Rivers Commercial

• (Port Huron) Times Herald

State of Michigan Invitation to Negotiate 180000000098

Online databases include:

• Public Health Database

• Ancestry Library Edition

Various microfilm/electronic resources include new microfilm and database subscriptions and collections that become available during the contract term and may be purchased by MDE as a one-time purchase or ongoing subscription.

3. Commodity Code References:

95635 Internet Database Subscriptions 95645 Microfilm Subscriptions

4. Description of Action:

MDE intends to establish a multi-year contract.

5. Intended Source:

ProQuest LLC 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor, MI 48106.

6. Questions:

Questions concerning the Invitation to Negotiate must be posted on www.michigan.gov/SIGMAVSS no later than 5:00 pm EDT on June 15, 2018. In the interest of transparency, only written questions will be accepted. Answers to questions will be posted on www.michigan.gov/SIGMAVSS.

7. Response Deadline:

Any potential bidder, who does not agree that this good or service is available only from the intended source, must submit a response to the Solicitation Manager by 2:00 pm EDT on June 20, 2018. The response must be in writing and describe the product or service being offered as an equivalent.

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