Wirtz Library Subscriptions to Business, Sociology, and EconLit Full Text databases
Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1605C3-23-Q-00054
- Agency
-
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Department of Labor
- Responses due
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519210 Libraries and Archives
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20210, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Labor Wirtz Library seeks online access to business, sociology, and EconLit full text databases through a firm fixed price contract. Vendors must provide up-to-date, full-text access to collections containing thousands of titles via an IP-authenticated online platform. The business database must include resources on employment, working conditions, and industry. The sociology database must cover gender studies, social work, and international studies. The EconLit database requires economics research materials. The single award contract will include a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. Questions are due by the anticipated RFQ date of June 20th, with award planned for July 2023.
There is no set-aside designation for this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code is 519210 for Libraries and Archives with a $21 million size standard. The period of performance is 60 months total under a firm fixed price contract. Vendors must meet the size standard and provide the specified online databases, with the business collection including journals, company profiles and news on employment, working conditions and industry.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), Office of the Senior Procurement Executive (OPSE), Customer Acquisition Services (CAS) is issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) on behalf of the Wirtz Library for Government Documents Database Services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and the RFQ terms and conditions.
This requirement will result in the award of a single award Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract.
The anticipated period of performance: one (1) 12-month base period with four (4) 12-month option periods, to begin on July 1, 2023.
Questions regarding this RFQ are to be submitted via email to Marlon Chambers, Contract Specialist, at chambers.marlon.k@dol.gov WITH COPY to Brian Mason, Contracting Officer, at mason.brian.c@dol.gov. by 12:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Quoters shall submit all questions via email. The subject line of the e-mail shall contain the solicitation number. Responses to questions submitted will be responded to via an amendment on SAM.gov. No questions posed via telephone will be accepted.
Update #1 ·
This notice does not constitute a request for proposal or request for quotation nor does it commit the government to contract for these services. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice as required by FAR 5.2, Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) at a later date.
On or about June 20, 2023, the Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), Office of the Senior Procurement Executive (OSPE), Customer Acquisition Services (CAS), anticipates issuing a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for US Department of Labor Wirtz Library online access to business, sociology, and EconLit Full Text databases. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued on an unrestricted basis for full and open competition. The NAICS code for this requirement is 519210 with a size standard of $21.0 million. Contractors shall not directly contact the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist to discuss this requirement. During the solicitation phase, contractors will be provided the opportunity to submit relevant questions.
The government contemplates a single time Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type contract with a period of performance consisting of a 12-month base period, four (4) 12-month option periods.
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS:
The Wirtz Labor Library requires online access to business, sociology, and EconLit Full Text databases. These databases should include up-to-date access to collections of several thousand high quality full-text and indexed resources. Specific titles among these collections are required to ensure that Department of Labor (DOL) staff have access to the materials upon which they rely.
The business database provides access to a wide variety of business resources, including journals, company profiles, and news resources related to employment, working conditions, and industry information. The sociology database provides access to a wide variety of sociological information resources related to gender studies, social work, and international studies. The EconLit Full Text database provides access to some of the highest quality economics research resources.
Files
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| Sol_1605C3-23-Q-00054.pdf |
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