Electronic Resources - Open Season

Cancelled Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
LCFDL20R0026
Agency
Library of Congress
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
519120 Libraries and Archives
PSC
9999 Miscellaneous Items
Place of performance
Ar Usa

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

This solicitation seeks proposals for multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts to provide commercial electronic information resources and associated services through the Library of Congress' FEDLINK program. The Library of Congress seeks to expand the pool of available vendors and products by procuring under four potential contract lots: electronic resources and databases, document delivery services, associated publications, and specialized access or product integration. Contractors must offer products or services under Lot 1 to qualify for Lots 3 and 4. Interested parties should respond by September 20, 2020 to solicitation number LCFDL20R0026 ER Open Season. Proposals will be evaluated based on technical qualifications, past performance, and pricing.

There is no set-aside designation. The NAICS code is 511210 and PSC code is R699. The period of performance is a one year base period plus four one-year options through September 2025. The minimum order is $500 and maximum order is to be determined. Place of performance will be for agencies located within the United States and worldwide. Volume discounts are required when annual sales thresholds are met.

Notice text

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 – Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions.  The Library intends its soliciting to expand the pool of available Electronic Resources vendors and products available to its members by soliciting proposals for new single-award IDIQ contracts.  Interested parties that offer Electronic Resources are encouraged to respond to the information in the solicitation FLCDF20R0026. Question or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Christopher Saunders Contracting Officer, at csaunders@loc.gov. Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: Notice of Intent – FEDLINK Electronic Resources.

This solicitation will result in multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts.  Individual orders may be placed on a firm fixed unit prices basis, the cumulative value of which will not exceed the maximum defined in the contract limit.

The Contractor delivers or provides access to commercial off-the-shelf electronic information resources for the FEDLINK program.  Information products and services shall be available for ordering agencies with multiple organizational levels and geographic locations nationwide and/or worldwide. 

Contracts may be divided into four lots as follows: 

  • Lot 1 – Electronic Resources/Databases
  • Lot 2 – Document Delivery Services
  • Lot 3 – Associated Publications
  • Lot 4 – Specialized Access/Product Integration

Contractors must offer products/services under Lot 1 in order to provide products/services under Lot 3, and must offer products/services under Lot 1 and/or Lot 2 in order to provide products/services under Lot 4. 

Note that electronic training and online courses are not the focus of this solicitation and are out-of-scope.  Only educational, electronic training, and online courses that supplement, support and interact with the products and services offered under Lot 1 are allowed.  Such an offering is limited and must be directly related to the products/services offered under Lot 1.

Attachments

Files attached to this notice, newest first
File Type Posted
LCFDL20R0026 ER Open Season.pdf PDF
Attachment J.1 - Transfer Pay.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
Attachments J.2 - Direct Express.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
Attachment J.3-Past_Performance_Questionnaire.docx DOCX document

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