HHS/OCI West Publishing Clear Software or EQUAL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations, through the Office of Strategic Buying Center - Information Technology, is soliciting a secure web-portal solution to aggregate access to public and commercial telephone directories and law enforcement records, specifically requiring West Publishing Clear Software or an equal alternative under FAR Clause 52.211-6. The contract, solicitation number 7571TEHHSOCIWPCS, is open to all offerors with no set-aside and is governed under NAICS code 541511 for computer systems design services. The base contract period is one year, with four optional one-year extensions for a potential total five-year performance period. Initial delivery requires twenty concurrent software licenses within ten days of award, with the ability to incrementally add up to an additional twenty licenses per year over the term. The system must provide unified search capabilities across the vendor's database and affiliated third-party sources including credit bureaus and telephone service providers, with results delivered within five minutes and accessible via laptop, desktop CPU, and Blackberry devices using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers. All reports must be exportable in Adobe Acrobat, Rich Text, or Microsoft Excel formats, and the system must comply with Section 508 accessibility standards, including one mode of information retrieval that does not require vision, with submission of an updated VPAT or HHS Section 508 PAT. Helpdesk support must be available at least 360 days per year. The solicitation follows a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation process, where proposals must pass technical acceptability and past performance thresholds as mandatory gates—failure to meet any salient functional requirement or a history of negative past performance will disqualify an offer regardless of price. Invoicing is strictly required in hard copy, submitted via U.S. Postal Service, commercial delivery, or hand delivery to designated FDA addresses, with electronic submissions allowed only as a courtesy. Invoices must be on company letterhead and include full contractor details, purchase order number, itemized service descriptions, period of performance, travel costs with origin/destination, TIN, EFT banking information, and COR contact details. Payment is triggered upon receipt of the hard copy invoice and must comply with FAR 52.232-25 and 52.232-33 for prompt payment and electronic funds transfer. Contractors must also comply with HHS EEO requirements, cooperating fully in investigations