M00264-25-RFI-030 for Copyright Licenses for MCU Library.pdf

M00264-25-RFI-030

Collective Licensing Services of Copyrighted Materials for The Library of the Marine Corps

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The Marine Corps Installations, National Capital Region - Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO), Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA is seeking information on behalf of the Marine Corps University College of Distance Education and Training (CDET)/Educational Technology Department (ET).

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Marine Corps Installations – National Capital Region, Regional Contracting Office (MCINCR RCO), located on Marine Corps Base, 2010 Henderson Road, Quantico, VA.

INTRODUCTION: This Request for Information (RFI) is to seek market information for planning purposes and provide industry with an opportunity to ask questions and provide recommendations regarding the required services outlined in the Capabilities Statement, listed below.

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has a requirement for the following: a service that provides collective licensing services of copyrighted materials for academic users. This service will be used to grant Marine Corps University non-exclusive rights for its students, faculty, and staff to use copyrighted materials for curriculum development and delivery in an academic environment. Uses will include reading assignments, course packs, and resident and remote classroom instruction.

“DRAFT” CAPABILITIES STATEMENT:

The Library of the Marine Corps requires:

a. Contract for one-year period

b. Service that acts as an agent for rightsholders and has the ability to grant MCU the non- exclusive right for its students, faculty, and staff to use copyrighted materials;

c. Must be able to grant license to store authorized reproductions of copyrighted materials on MCU’s network for academic use;

d. Must be able to grant license to distribute—by authorized means—authorized reproductions of copyrighted materials;

e. Must be able to grant license to print out authorized reproductions of copyrighted materials;

f. Must be able to grant license to photocopy authorized reproductions of copyrighted materials; and

g. Must be able to grant license to combine paper and electronic versions of authorized reproductions of copyrighted materials into course packs.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMAITON IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS

NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL

NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY

FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD

A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO

PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION

SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY

VOLUNTARY.

REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION:

Please see the above “DRAFT” Capabilities Statement for details of this requirement.

INDUSTRY FEEDBACK:

This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to obtain industry’s feedback on the anticipated technical specifications, potential cost and performance risks, as well as any other related considerations for the required services (see above “DRAFT” Capabilities Statement). In addition, please provide company capabilities statement along with feedback on the questions cited below.

Please provide feedback on the following:

1. Are you able to provide all of the products/services listed on the “Draft” Capabilities Statement?

If so, are you able to provide it within the Required Mandate?

2. What are the key discriminators that the Government should consider as evaluation criteria?

3. Are there any barriers to competition?

4. Are you likely to propose on this effort? Why or Why not?

5. Are there any areas within the Capabilities Statement that appear vague? If so, why? Please identify them and recommended remedy.

6. Is this a product/service readily provided in the commercial environment?

7. Can this product/service be priced under a Firm Fixed Contract?

8. Identify any condition or action that may influence or restrict the ability to have a fair and open competition with respect to this acquisition?

9. Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) pricing give the draft requirements. If unable to do so, please specify what additional data is needed. Please include shipping in estimates. This ROM is non-binding and does not constitute an official request for pricing.

10. What other NAICS code(s) would be more accurate for this requirement than

ATTACHMENTS: N/A

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Submissions shall reference RFI No. “M00264-25-RFI-030 Collective Licensing Services of Copyrighted Materials for The Library of the Marine Corps” in the subject line.

Interested vendors who wish to respond to this RFI should send responses no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 26 June 2025, via email to the following email address:

heaven.j.onley.civ@usmc.mil (Contract Specialist)

Interested vendors should respond to the Capabilities Statement cited under the “INDUSTRY FEEDBACK” section of this document. Request responses shall be provided in no more than 2 pages.

Questions and comments regarding this requirement will be accepted, reviewed and answered if the Government determines responses are warranted.

The Government will not consider any vendor email that is incomplete or is not addressing this RFI questions. The Government reserves the right to determine if a response addresses this RFI, is not complete, and/or to not review a response without any further communication with the vendor supplying the information.

Submissions must include:

mailto:heaven.j.onley.civ@usmc.mil

1) Capabilities Statement in response to the “Industry Feedback” section of this RFI;

2) Business name and address;

3) Name of company representative and their business title;

4) Type of Business;

5) Cage Code and UEI; and

6) Contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the service, to include General Service Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), NASA SEWP or any other Government Agency contract vehicle. (This information is for market research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice.)

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government personnel reviewing RFI responses understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described in 41 USC 423.

The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.