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DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

ENTERPRISE MARKET RESEARCH SUBSCRIPTION

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION:

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) needs a tool for investigating the background of companies both foreign and domestic entities via an internet-based website. The website must be maintained and managed by the contractor. The website must support the DLA assessment offices in the investigative process to provide the end-user a certified report to be filed by individuals and companies, both foreign and domestic.

REQUIREMENTS:

The contractor must provide access to an online subscription tool with unlimited report access to business credit reports to investigate the financial background of companies. This includes the re-use of reports after the initial request for up to 12 months.

The resulting contract is expected to have the following customers/estimated licenses:

1. Aviation - 8

2. Energy – 50

3. Land and Maritime - 4

4. Strategic Material - 2

5. Troop Support – 42

The contractor must provide an online subscription for reports that provide investigative intelligence information. All reports must be immediately available and provide the following:

1. General business information: This report will detail the company’s profile, business type, ownership, history of company, and financial and performance data. The report is required to provide risk assessment of management and production and is vital when conducting a responsibility determination.

2. Business Information Report: This report determines a company’s profitability, stability, and payment performance and is vital when conducting a responsibility determination.

1. Company’s background, history, executive summary and operations details; analysis of company payments by the creditor’s line of business; public record filings including outstanding suits, liens, judgments, and bankruptcies; payment performance index; payment status by trade credit experiences; and credit limit recommendation.

2. Payment trends profile

3. Corporate family linkage

3. Comprehensive credit report: Display companies’ scores to help predict future credit behavior and credit summaries that will provide a snapshot of activity per specifications. Provide credit analysis as required.

4. Federal Information Report: Company identification information (legal name), tax identification number, socioeconomic status, standard industrial classification (SIC), and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) numbers.

5. Past Performance Evaluation: Evaluation of a company’s performance on previous government and commercial contracts.

6. Public Records: Report judgments, open suits, liens, bankruptcies, and any other relevant information pertaining to the company.

7. Supplier Information Report: This report should provide quick and in-depth information about an individual supplier. Particularly, it should outline the socioeconomic standing (e.g., small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), etc.) of the company to assist DLA with market research. The report must provide the following details:

1. General business information

2. Management information

3. Business structure

4. Business operations including the company's capacity, facilities, parent/subsidiary structures, demographics, line of business, products, services, financial data, and public filing information.

The website must have the ability to run reports as stated above and provide data such as that found on the following:

1. Excluded Parties List

2. Small Business Administration

3. Better Business Bureau

4. System for Award Management

Additionally, the website functionality must:

1. Provide accurate, current, and up-to-date reports on worldwide searches based on specific information such as company, affiliate, agent, officer name(s), address(es), or telephone number(s).

2. Provide access through a subscriber identification number and password.

3. Provide access to online training.

4. Provide annual on-site training at no additional cost.

5. Provide preview option of initial search.

6. Allow the end user to select any or all results and obtain a more in-depth report.

7. Provide access to background information. This will be through the input of standard information through data entry by the end user utilizing a keyboard. This will cover both domestic and international searches.

8. Provide updated financial information at least every six to 12 months. Reports must provide financial information no older than 12 months with six months being the optimal time frame.

9. Provide monitoring services to DLA including changes in contractor address, telephone number, and financial status.

10. Provide a list of suppliers. This list must be the most current of suppliers and each supplier must be pre-certified.

11. Provide a detailed monthly usage report statement emailed to the identified point of contact. The usage report statement should also be available online.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Provide comprehensive training on the use of the website, use of the reports, and all other aspects of the program with hands-on training sessions. Training must be scheduled within 30 days after contract award. In person training shall be provided at no additional cost at the point of contracts location and travel to do so will not be reimbursed.

Provide online help and reference materials to provide end users with additional background on the purpose, scope, and coverage of a search. Information to be entered into database will be basic company name, address, telephone number(s), country of origin, officer(s), partner(s) and/or agents(s) and other identifiers such as DUNS or BIN numbers.

Provide phone-based, online, and on-site support as needed. Support, both technical and non-technical, must be available to end-users online as well as by phone during normal business hours, which are 8:00AM EST to 5:00PM EST. When issues cannot be resolved, or there are multiple issues, on-site support will be provided.

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

The period of performance will be for one 12-month base and four one-year option periods as follows:

Base Year: May 21, 2026 – May 20, 2027 Option Year One: May 21, 2027 – May 20, 2028 Option Year Two: May 21, 2028 – May 20, 2029 Option Year Three: May 21, 2029 – May 20, 2030 Option Year Four: May 21, 2030 – May 20, 2031