D -- On-Line Legal Library/Research Database

FISC Norfolk Contracting Department Philadelphia Division intends to acquire on a sole source basis with Thompson/West and Lexis Nexis for unlimited on-line subscription to legal, legislative, news, public records, financial & medical research databases with on-site training services for 2400 users worldwide for the Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG), Washington DC. The Government anticipates award of two separate firm fixed price contracts, one to West Law the other to Lexis Nexis for the above-described services, services described in the Statement of Work (SOW), and the following unique features: - LexisNexis has the following unique elements: Copyrighted admiralty information which provides: domestic federal and state maritime case law from 1923; Canadian statutes and cases, as well as other historical documents from various federal departments, such as the Federal Maritime Commission and the National Transportation Safety Board, treaties and manuals for U.S. Marshals; full text of arbitration awards decisions; explanations of court opinions and their implications; reprints of hard-to-find primary source material, charter parties and clauses treaties, admiralty rules, marine insurance forms, practice and procedure forms on a variety of maritime issues; Copyrighted legislative histories prepared by Congressional Information Service (CIS) which include key U.S. Public Laws from first consideration through presidential signature. Abstracts of the hearings, reports, prints and documents cited in the Legislative Histories are included in the compilation. The following productivity enhancing search options for both online news sources as well as online legal sources: - plain English" (i.e., a phrase or question) searching; search tool which allows users to highlight key passages in documents and automatically launch searches to find new materials containing similar language; when you find an on-point document, capability to finds additional documents like the first with no need to choose more search words; special commands, such as CAPS, NOCAPS, ALLCAPS help you pinpoint acronyms and special spelling; core terms that are derived directly from the case itself and not from a legal editor so the case speaks for itself; can retrieve the full text of legislation referenced in a news or legal publication article. - Thompson/West has the following unique elements: Copyrighted editorial enhancements which enhance attorney productivity and reduce training requirements: Headnotes, synopses, and parallel citations; Key Number System which is considered the standard key number system for legal issues. The base period of performance is 30 September 2006 - 29 September 2007 for Lexis/Nexis and 1 October 2006 through 30 September 2007 for Thompson/West with up to four one-year optional periods. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals however, the Government will consider information received by the specified response date. Information received as a result of this notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice. Numbered Note 22 Applies.