Ancestry Library Edition for DoD Libraries

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE
The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, Foreign Policy LLC, under the authority of AFFARS 5313.501(a)(1)(ii), 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901), on or about 25 September 2025. The base period of performance (PoP) will be from 30 September 2025 – 29 September 2026. Three (3) one-year options are anticipated that would extend the PoP through 29 September 2029.
PSC/FSC: AF11
NAICS: 519210
Size Standard: 1,000 employees
Subscription name: Ancestry Library Subscription
Supplier name: ProQuest LLC
Product description: Ancestry Library Edition for DoD Libraries is innovative information content and technologies increase the productivity of students, scholars, professionals and the libraries that serve them. Ancestry is a highly respected genealogical resource that is exclusively distributed to libraries by ProQuest. Ancestry Library Edition is the largest online family history resource available. The collection is the largest, most-popular, and best-known genealogical website.
Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:
- Shall work with the contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons.
- Shall be able to interface with all 4 service branch libraries and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices.
- Shall provide genealogical tools such as charts, summaries, calendars, black research forms and message boards with in-depth tutorials, videos, how to wiki and online research support.
- Shall add new content and/or updates on an ongoing basis, 80% of content must be owned and not from third party vendors.
- Shall include Special U.S. Census Records Collection, with indexed images, 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Selected Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880,U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895,U.S. City Directories Collection (1821-1989) with indexed images, 1.5M records, U.S. Probate and Wills Collection (mid-1800s-2008) with indexed
images, 232Mrecords, Africa, Asia & Europe Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons (1946-1971),with indexed images, 1.7M million records, Europe, Registration of Foreigners& German Individuals Persecuted (1930-1947) with indexed images, 10M records, U.S. Navy Muster Rolls (1940-1963) with indexed images, 2.4M records, U.S. Federal Census: 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
- Shall provide searchable obituaries for millions of pages of historical newspapers with the name index and important metadata
- Shall have several billion records, several million family trees, a robust US Census & immigration resource, every-name indexes for 1790-1940, military records, holocaust related records, international records for the 60+ countries (including U.K., Canada & other areas).
- Website certificates should be RSA2048-bits (SHA256withRSA)
- Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks
- 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)
- Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. See attached J&A for more information.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SSgt Madelyn Williams at madelyn.williams@us.af.mil.