Legal notice**

This state and local contracting opportunity is a sole source procurement by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to renew access to an offline digital law library for the residents of the Special Commitment Center (SCC) in Pierce County. The contract will provide 10 electronic law library kiosks, 1 server, and a subscription to LexisNexis legal content, configured to deliver offline access as required by Washington law to protect the rights of civilly committed persons to self-representation. The vendor, Touch Sonic Technologies, was selected due to the unique features of their kiosks, including Natural Language searching, Shepard's Citations Service, and durability for the SCC population. The current provider, Thomson Reuters, is discontinuing their standalone legal server solution, leaving only paper-based resources insufficient for the SCC's needs. The contract is valued at $209,550 and will be issued for 60 months with an option to renew for up to 5 additional years.

As this is a sole source procurement, there are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the type of organization that can respond. The incumbent vendor, Touch Sonic Technologies, is the only known provider capable of meeting the SCC's requirements for an offline, continuously updated digital law library solution. No other qualified vendors were identified during the state's market research. The specified budget range for this contract is $209,550.