Military Balance Plus - Statement of Requirement (SOR).pdf
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This Statement of Requirements (SOR) details the Air University Library's need for a Military Balance+ database subscription to support research for 5,000 full-time equivalent students, faculty, and staff. The required database must provide comprehensive online access to global military data, including: detailed information on military forces worldwide, defense budgets, military deployments, arms procurement, vehicle inventories, 15-year defense forecasts, and qualitative metrics on international forces. The online platform must enable custom defense data queries, comparisons across countries, and data export to Excel. The subscription covers the period from 30 September 2025 to 29 September 2026, with potential extension through four additional option years until 29 September 2030, indicating a potential five-year total contract period.
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Statement of Requirements Military Newspaper Database Subscription
1.0 SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT. Air University Library requires access to the Military Balance+ database.
This resource is required to support the research needs of Air University students, faculty and staff.
2.0 The following items are required for performance under this contract:
2.1 At a minimum, this database must include full-text online access to:
2.1.1 The Military Balance published by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS)
2.1.2 Detailed information and analysis on military forces around the world
2.1.3 Data on the number and type of aircraft, helicopters, ships and armored vehicles held by each country.
2.1.4 Defense budgets, updated annually
2.1.5 Information on current military operations and multilateral exercises.
2.1.6 The number of military deployments and forces based abroad
2.1.7 Global arms orders and procurement activity
2.1.8 Qualitative and quantitative metrics on international forces
2.1.9 15 year defense forecast
2.2 The online platform must have the ability to custom build specific defense data queries to view, compare and download defense data on multiple countries.
2.3 The online platform must include the ability to export data to Excel.
3.0 GENERAL INFORMATION:
3.1 Unlimited online access for 5,000 full time equivalent (FTE) Air University students, faculty, and staff (including on-campus and distance learners) covering 30 Sep 2025 to 29 Sep 2026. Base year plus four option years will cover 30 Sep 2025 to 29 Sep 2030.
Deborah Barone 4 May 2018 Chief, Technical Services Branch Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center Maxwell AFB, AL 36112 334-953-7691 deborah.barone@us.af.mil
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