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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) plans to issue a sole source purchase order under simplified acquisition procedures to acquire Westlaw Services, an online legal research database, to support its Office of General Counsel (OGC) and Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Access to this database is vital for these offices to provide timely legal guidance to the agency by allowing instant online access to a broad range of updated legal materials, including case opinions, statutes, regulations, and secondary legal analyses. Westlaw’s comprehensive and easy-to-use search capabilities enable employees to efficiently research current laws and any evolving legal issues, ensuring informed advice for ongoing and new cases affecting the agency. This procurement will be conducted without competition based on the agency’s determination that Westlaw is the only responsible source capable of meeting these critical needs. The notice serves only to inform interested parties and is not a solicitation or request for proposals. The contract falls under NAICS code 519120, with a small business size standard of $14 million. The place of performance is Washington, DC, and the contracting officer managing the acquisition is Latonca Harris. Information received through this notice will be considered solely to assess whether a competitive procurement should be pursued, with the ultimate decision resting with the federal government.

General Info

NEA will sole source Westlaw Services for legal research supporting OGC and OCR offices.

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NAICS

519120 - Libraries and Archives

Place of Performance

National Endowment for the Arts 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20506, USA

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Timeline

PostedSep 23

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Latonca HarrisContracting Officer

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Full Description

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) intends to issue a sole source commercial item purchase order, using FAR Part 13.105(b) Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)(2), with only one responsible source that will satisfy the agency's requirement with Westlaw Services to provide the online legal research database for use by the Office of General counsel (OGC) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). It is critical to have access to the database that provides the latest legal research in order to provide guidance to the Agency. It is essential to have instant online access to a wide variety of legal topics as the needs of the Agency are broad. The database is used to conduct legal research and assist employees of those offices to research current and changing laws, statues and regulations that affect the Agency and allows them to advise the Agency in an efficient and effective manner. Westlaw provides access to legal documents, case opinions, statutes, regulations, secondary legal analysis that is constantly updated and easily searchable. Having a quick access to current, up-to-date legal documents is essential to the work that the OGC & OCR provide to the Agency. Westlaw provides a straightforward search engine that searches and gives access to a large number of legal sources. Westlaw also gives the opportunity for the user/employee to discover further guidance on a topic and any recent updates or changes to the law that would be critical in new and on-going cases at the Agency. This notice is for informational purposes only. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals nor will a formal solicitation be issued. A determination by the Federal Government not to compete with this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Federal Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The NAICS code is 519120 and small business size standards in millions of dollars are $14.0.