Gale In Context: Middle School - Intent to Sole Source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA805208312026
- Agency
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Air Force Installation Contracting Agency
Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 516210 Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Jbsa Lackland, Texas 78236, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center) intends to award a sole-source, Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Cengage Learning, Inc. for Gale In Context: Middle School database subscriptions on September 3, 2026, under FAR 6.103-1 authority (only one responsible source available). The contract covers a one-year base period plus three optional one-year renewal periods through September 29, 2030, providing multimedia reference content, videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources supporting grades 6–12 curriculum standards for DoD Libraries.
Prior market research and a Sources Sought Notice issued August 7, 2026 (with August 17 response deadline) identified Cengage Learning as the exclusive provider of the required Gale In Context: Middle School subscription with proprietary content unavailable through alternative sources or distributors. Only Cengage Learning responded demonstrating capability to meet all 19 technical requirements, including 300+ topic pages, multimedia content delivery, customized usage rights, and government-specific pricing.
Interested contractors must submit responses by September 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM CST, limited to ten pages in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Submissions must include points of contact, business size classification, socioeconomic status identification, CAGE Code, and UEI. The Government reserves discretion to proceed with or without competition. Contact Contracting Specialist Mary Cobb (Mary.Cobb.7@us.af.mil) or Contracting Officer Vaughn Swinton (Vaugh.Swinton@us.af.mil).
Notice text
The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to a single source, Cengage Learning, Inc., under the authority of RFO 6.103-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements) on 03 September 2026. The projected period of performance (FY26) base one (1) base year and three (3) option years of periodical, multimedia national and state curriculum content, for DoD Libraries.
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