Westlaw - NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE -.pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Management (EM) Consolidated Business Center (CBC), intends to award a contract to WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION (West Corp.), a branch of Thompson Reuters, on a sole source basis. The services provided by West Corp. are in support of the EMCBC Office of Chief Counsel.

The authority permitting this sole source acquisition without full and open competition is prescribed by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. An approved Justification and Approval (J&A) authorizing this procurement will be posted in accordance with FAR 6.305(a) within fourteen days of contract award. The DOE/EMCBC will procure 26 licenses for Westlaw Edge and 16 licenses for West LegalEdcenter from Thomson Reuters. Westlaw Edge provides faster access, more accurate, and first -of-its-kind tools such as advanced AI-driven search, intelligent document analysis, and integrated litigation analytics allowing faster, on-point results.

Westlaw Edge allows comparison of statutes and regulations. This product uniquely allows users to streamline their legal research to instantly compare any two versions of a statute or regulation to see exactly what has changed over time.

Statutes Compare and Regulations Compare eliminates the need to manually compare legislative changes, and allows users to better understand the intent of the changes to the law and whether the language has become more or less restrictive. The West LegalEdcenter provides continuing legal education programs from outstanding local, state and national content partners right to your desktop through an assortment of on-line webinars, recordings and videos.

A solicitation package will not be posted publicly and requests for copies of the solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement in the future would be in the best interest of the Government. All responses received by 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) on August 15 2024, will be considered. All information (capability statement, proposal or quotation) submitted should support the firm’s abilities to provide the required services and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses shall be submitted via e-mail to the following address: rudi.sotlar@emcbc.doe.gov. Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted.

Contracting Office Address:

DOE EMCBC

550 Main Street, Suite 7-010 Cincinnati, OH 45202

Primary Point of Contact:

Rudi Sotlar Contract Specialist

DOE EMCBC

rudi.sotlar@emcbc.doe.gov

Alternate Point of Contact:

Chris L. McFarland Contracting Officer

DOE EMCBC

Chris.mcfarland@emcbc.doe.gov mailto:rudi.sotlar@emcbc.doe.gov mailto:rudi.sotlar@emcbc.doe.gov mailto:Chris.mcfarland@emcbc.doe.gov