Notice of Intent

NOTICE OF INTENT to award Sole Source- Reed Elsevier Inc., dba LexisNexis THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Office of Acquisition on behalf of its Office of Chief Counsel intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price commercial contract to obtain individual access to LexisNexis Online Services research tool for employees whose primary function is to provide legal assistance and guidance to support the BEP's mission to produce currency and other security items at the Washington DC and Ft. Worth TX facilities. The intended contractor is Reed Elsevier Inc., dba LexisNexis, 9443 Springboro Pike Miamisburg, OH 45342-4425. The Government intends to award a sole source contract utilizing a Justification for Soliciting from a Single Source IAW FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b). The anticipated period of performance for a twelve (12) month base and four (4) twelve (12) month options. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 518210 and the size standard is $35.0 million dollars. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has a need for twenty (20) subscriptions for online service research tool to be available 24 hours a day for 365 days a year. The service provider should provide: (1) a comprehensive collection of more than 14, 000 legal materials including federal and state cases, statutes, codes, administrative materials (federal and state Department of the Treasury decisions, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, etc.) law reviews, treatises, and other primary and secondary legal materials; (2) current and historical legislative materials, such as bills and bill-tracking reports, Congressional Records, committee hearings, transcript and reports, voting records, and legislative history; (3) more than 26,000 sources, including U.S. (national, regional and local) and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, academic, trade and industry journals, broadcast transcripts, newsletters, videos, photos, blogs, etc.; (4) public records content for more than 78 billion individual and business records compiled from more than 10,000 sources (this tool is useful in the search to locate, among other things, experts; (5) Lexis Advance services that combine legal, news, and business information data bases, including Shepard's Citation Service, Alerts, and Folders with the ability to print, download, and email documents; and (6) media listening, analytics, and content curation. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive offers/quotes/proposals. A determination not to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The solicitation will not be posted. To be considered, responses MUST be received NO LATER THAN 3:00PM, EASTERN STANDARD TIME, JANUARY 31, 2020. Additionally, interested sources must be registered and currently active in the System for Award Management (SAM), found at https://www.sam.gov. Responses MUST be submitted within the closing date/time of publication of this notice. Point of Contact regarding this notice is Maureen Cameron, Contract Specialist at 202-874-4505 or maureen.cameron@bep.gov and Richard Taylor, Contracting Officer at 202-874-3255 or richard.taylor@bep.gov Contracting Office Address 14th & C Streets SW Washington, DC 20228 Place of Contract Performance - Bureau of Engraving and Printing 14th & C Streets SW Washington, DC 20228 9000 Blue Mound Road Ft. Worth, TX 76131