TAB 1. Wall Street Journal Sole Source Justification REDACTED.pdf

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773 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron 1517 Billy Mitchell Blvd, Bldg 954 San Antonio, TX 78236-1865

The mission of DoD MWR Libraries is outlined in DoDI 1015.10 stating DoD Libraries will provide information resources and services required to accomplish the mission. The libraries support military personnel assigned to contingency operations, remote sites, and military missions IAW DoDI 1015.10, Military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs. The program provides professional military and voluntary education programs materials and services. Libraries also provide resources and services to enhance the quality of life, regeneration, and resiliency for authorized customers. The DoD Library Consortium exists to create partnerships among the libraries within the various services of the DoD.

They cooperatively acquire materials that are made available to military and civilian employees across the DoD. These resources relate to various overarching goals of the DoD such as professional, recreation, physical wellness, emotional resiliency, and educational pursuits.

To meet these needs, the DoD libraries must procure resources that can be accessed globally, including in areas with low or no internet access, and provide the below stated requirements. These resources need to include access to quality of life resources. The Dow Jones Wall Street Journal is important to service personnel and library staff for having the ability to provide instantly accessible digital information in multiple platforms that can be streamed or downloading with no waiting. This subscription will be firm-fixed pricing so there is no increase when new titles are accessed. DoD libraries need 24/7 unlimited, simultaneous access and unlimited number of users to the Wall Street Journal to provide information that supports education and enhances quality of life for DoD personnel and their families. The nation�s most trusted newspaper for business professionals, including 40+ newsletters, daily podcasts, a library of videos and the WSJ mobile app. The leading source of financial news, providing in depth analysis and commentary on stocks, investments and how markets are moving. The publication also provides real-time insight and hands-on tools to help you decide how today�s financial news impacts DoD personnel and their families' finances.

The requirement is for a subscription to the Dow Jones and Co Inc. web-based version of the Wall Street Journal to meet missions needs. The subscription must have 24/7 unlimited simultaneous access for DoD users. The website security between the website and server must be Trasport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3. Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Military OneSource/Other, and Navy). Must have strict HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. Website certificates must be RSWA 2048-bits(SHA256withRSA).

The DoD Libraries also require a resource that provides research for personnel development that meet the quality of life, regeneration, and resiliency as stipulated by DoDI 1015.10. To meet those needs, the DoD Libraries require a resource that provides quality of life information.

The DoD Library Consortium need to purchase a commercial off the shelf (already established in the marketplace) Wall Street Journal Online subscription. This is a one of a kind product and is not offered by another vendor in the marketplace. This is an important resource for DoD Libraries across the five US branches of service: Army, Navy, Marines Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

This follow-on contract will have a period of performance (PoP) with a base period of 12 months plus two(2)

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12-month option periods. The total estimated value of this acquisition including all options will be

Base Period: CLIN 0001 - Wall Street Journal, Qty: 1, total: PoP 30 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2025 Op Period 1: CLIN 1001 - Wall Street Journal, Qty: 1, total: , PoP 30 Sep 2025 - 29 Sep 2026 Op Period 2: CLIN 2001 - Wall Street Journal, Qty: 1, total: , PoP 30 Sep 2026 - 29 Sep 2027

This estimate was derived from historical pricing from previous contracts FA860421PB032. Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) DoD O&M funds, will be used for this requirement.

Dow Jones has exclusive legal copyright to this product and is direct order company. The publisher does not market their web products through distributors, so they are not available from any other source. Dow Jones Wall Street Journal is the nation�s most trusted newspaper for business professionals, including 40+ newsletters, daily podcasts, a library of videos and the WSJ mobile app.

The Government published a Sources Sought Notice on SAM.gov, Notice ID FA8052PRE0740 on 9 May 2024 with a response due date/time of 4:00 PM CDT on 3 Jun 2024. Additionally, the posting outlined the minimum characteristics that a similar service would have to meet to fulfill the requirement and requested that any interested firms submit a capabilities package indicating their interest and capacity to fulfill the requirement.

Please refer to section VIII for market research details.

The CO determination that the price will be fair and reasonable is based on a review of historical data and will be reviewed against the Independent Government Estimate (IGE) to determine reasonableness.

The Government published a Sources Sought Notice on SAM.gov, Notice ID FA8052PRE0740 on 9 May 2024 with a response due date/time of 4:00 PM CDT on 3 Jun 2024. Additionally, the posting outlined the minimum characteristics that a similar service would have to meet to fulfill the requirement and requested that any interested firms submit a capabilities package indicating their interest and capacity to fulfill the requirement.

The results from the Sources Sought produced 2 interested vendors (3 total to include the incumbent who did not

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March 2023 SOURCE SELECTION SENSITIVE Page 4 of 5 respond to the Sources Sought, but indicated to the Mission Partner that they intend to submit a proposal once the solicitation is posted). After reviewing the submitted capability statements and researching the company websites, neither vendor is capable of fulfilling this requirement without additional costs to the government.

- Natacha S. Ilarion LLC (Small) UEI: JYY4UCKRDTR5; CAGE: 9PPQ6: Training Conference, Education Support Services, Social Work, Client Relations, Public accountant and Public Administrations.

- Graham Advisory Network, Inc.(Small), UEI:QHLAKD5FW259; CAGE: 7VAR3: Subscriptions, Library Services, Knowledge Databases, Training & CE Courses, Cloud SaaS, IT Hardware & Software. The Capability statement highlighted their experience in online and print journal subscriptions, electronic research databases, book printing and library archives.

Due to no qualified responses on the source sought, it is determined that it is in the best interest of the Government to do a sole source acquisition. There is not a reasonable expectation of obtaining any responsible offers from small business. Dow Jones and Co, Inc. Cage: 0U6M1 UEI: Q34UKAD7ZCB4 is the only capable vendor that can fulfill this requirement.

Dow Jones and Co/Wall Street Journal is a proprietary platform that DAF/DoD Libraries programs already maintains on the platform. The established collection cannot be moved to another platform. DAF/DoD Libraries Program wants to add more content to the already established collection. Dow Jones and Co Inc. is the only known source capable of providing the item described above for the Department of Defense to continue and accomplish the libraries' mission.

For the most recent contract, the Contracting Office posted Sources Sought notices on SAM.Gov, with only one capable offeror. Moving forward the Contracting Office intends to hold an Industry Day to draw potential vendors. Additionally, the Contracting Office will attend the annual library/educational conference to monitor and evaluate potential sources of supply. They will also post Sources Sought notices to survey the market to determine if there are any viable vendors capable of fulfilling this requirement. The results of the market research will dictate the acquisition strategy.

AFSVC/VCL will continue to survey the market for vendors to obtain competition through publishers' advertisements, annual professional conferences, vendor demonstrations, customer suggestions and new publication reviews in conducting its surveys.

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