West Publishing Corporation - Sole Source Justification - 18Nov2020_Redacted.pdf

Sole Source Justification for West Publishing Corporation: Aircraft Liens and

Detention Rights and Aircraft Finance: Registration Security and Enforcement

Nature and/or description of item/service, and its intended use:

The Export-Import Bank has a requirement for continued updates to two print loose-leaf titles from West Publishing Corporation published by Sweet and Maxwell: Aircraft Liens and Detention

Rights and Aircraft Finance: Registration Security and Enforcement. For each title, updates are published approximately six times per year. Those release updates are shipped to EXIM Research Center upon publication, at which time they are incorporated into the corresponding publication binders. They contain legal information relevant to EXIM transactions and are available for and used by EXIM staff, primarily in the Office of the General Counsel.

Justification Rationale:

FAR-6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Approval is requested to purchase release updates from West Publishing Corporation for Sweet and Maxwell: Aircraft Liens and Detention Rights and Aircraft Finance: Registration Security and

Enforcement. These treatises provide legal information on a variety of topics relevant to EXIM transactions, and there are no alternate sources that are as comprehensive and authoritative on these topics. EXIM staff require the ability to consult these treatises, and subscription to the regularly published updates is the only way to ensure that the information in the treatises is complete and up-to-date.

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