Digital Engineering Library and Reference Tools

Digital Engineering Library and Reference Tools

Combined Sources Sought/Notice of Intent to Sole Source

HQ0854-25-C-0002

Purpose:

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is conducting market research for a comprehensive digital engineering library with access to Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards and relevant research and training tools. The information contained herein only initiates communication with industry in order to assess market potential. No solicitation document exists at this time. This Request for Information (RFI) constitutes no Government obligation to procure these items or issue a solicitation. The Government does not have an obligation to pay for information responding to this RFI and will not accept any responses as offers.

MDA is seeking alternate sources that can provide this service. If no alternate sources are identified, the Government intends to issue a contract via a new IEEE Xplore Digital Library Contract, Contract HQ0854-25-C-0002 to IEEE, CAGE 97566, 445 Hoes Lane

Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-4141 United States under FAR Part 13.5 in accordance with 41 U.S.C 1901. Based on currently available information, MDA believes that only IEEE, Xplore Digital, is capable of providing the required access to the highly specialized digital library and reference tools. The period of performance for this effort will be 26 April 2025 to potentially as far as 25 April 2028.  This notice is intended to meet the requirements of FAR Part 5.

Description of the Requirement:

MDA engineering experts require access to a digital online library of engineering topics for their daily usage. This library must have global industry standards in a broad range of industries which are referenced and required in MDA policy. The library must provide in depth guides, Standard Operating Procedures, Military Standards, content search capability, and Department of Defense (DoD) policy information.  The digital library must include access to the maximum number of industry standards and contain the maximum number of online courses for continued education support.  Access must also include practical handbooks, introductory/advanced texts, reference works and professional books.  The digital library subscription must provide the MDA workforce and certain contractors of up to 12,000 users immediate, simultaneous, and unrestricted access to IEEE standards, journals, conferences, magazines, and eBooks, as well as access to online training courses on topics such as aerospace, robotics, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and tele- communications, as well as non-technical areas such as career development, leadership/ management, and transportation. The digital library suite should include self-paced courses, which, upon completion, will award Continuing Education Units.  Additionally, the library must be easily accessible to the entire workforce via IP authentication, provide content search tools to search millions of full-text documents, journals, magazines, standards, and conference titles related to electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science for use in numerous agency activities, notably Research and Development. Additionally, the digital library must provide full-text access to eBook titles easily accessible via the digital library, including practical handbooks, introductory and advanced texts, reference works, and professional books.    

Responses: Responses should address the items listed above and the ability to provide the digital library services and with the full range of resources described therein. 

Submission Instructions:

• There are no page limits for this Request for Information (RFI).

• Cover Page should include:
  • Company
  • Point of Contact information
  • Business Size Status
  • DUNS number and CAGE code
  • Any Government ordering vehicles (GSA, DLA, etc.), if applicable

• Provide a capability statement for providing for this digital engineering library with a requisite suite of research, reference, and training services.
• Responses in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat formats are preferable.
• Please submit email responses less than 5MB to the POCs below.  

The Government highly discourages submitting proprietary or business sensitive information. Vendors submitting proprietary or business sensitive information bear the sole responsibility for marking the information for appropriate safeguarding.  Proprietary information will be protected from unauthorized disclosure as required by Subsection 27 of the Office of Procurement Policy Act as amended (41 U.S.C. 423) (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), as implemented in the FAR. 

This is a Request for Information only.  The Government will not pay for information or administrative costs submitted in response to this notice. The Government will not provide feedback to any vendor regarding individual capabilities in response to this RFI.

All responses must be received no later than 18 March 2025 4:00pm, central time and should be submitted via email (april.paul@mda.mil and brandi.l.lisenbee.civ@mda.mil). No telephone inquiries will be accepted.

Contracting Office Address:

Missile Defense Agency/DACK ATTN: April Paul

Building 5222 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-0001

Place of Performance:

United States

Primary Point of Contact:  

April Paul

Contracting Officer

april.paul@mda.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:

Brandi Lisenbee

Contract Specialist

brandi.l.lisenbee.civ@mda.mil

Archiving Policy:

Manual Archive

Original Set Aside:

N/A

Product Service Code:

DA10 IT and Telecom – Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service

NAICS Code:

813920 Professional Organizations