INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE- OVERDRIVE UNIVERSAL CLASS

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, OverDrive, Inc., under the authority of AFFARS 5313.501(a)(1)(ii), 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901), on or about 30 September 2022. The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 30 September 2022 - 29 September 2023. Four one-year options are anticipated that would extend the PoP through 29 September 2027. FSC: 7630 NAICS: 519130 Size Standard: 1,000 employees Subscription name: OverDrive Universal Class/Instructional Database Supplier name: OverDrive, Inc. Product description: DoD Library Consortium requires a supbscription to an instructional courses database. OverDrive database Universal Class would be a resource that meets the needed requirement in an accessible database. This database supports the educational and quality of life mission of DoD MWR Libraries. Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered: Must be able to provide lifelong learning courses in at least 30 different subject areas Database must provide access to at least 500 educational courses Courses must be designed and led by professional instructors Database must include videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other students and instructor(s) Courses must be self-paced Must offer Continuing Educational Unit (CEU) courses; one course approximately 10 hours per CEU credit Database must be International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) certified for all courses Must offer video auditing of at least 300 courses for review without assignments, tests, or certification that can be switched to the DEU course at any time Must offer a variety of courses from technical courses on computer software to digital photography to babysitting 101 Must allow enrollment in up to five courses at a time with six months to complete each course Must provide detailed statistics to track course topics enrollment Must provide free staff training and complimentary marketing services Must be able to interface with all 4 service branch library and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices Must work with contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Military OneSource/Other, and Navy) Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks Website certificates should be RSA 2048-bits (SHA256withRSA) This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received within 5 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Contractors should be aware of the following information: Contractors must include the following information: a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers. b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above. c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone. d. Company CAGE Code or Unique Entity Identifier Number. 2. If this posting specifically references brand name products, offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those specifically referenced. Responses must address how the alternate product meets the product characteristics specified above. 3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED. 4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format. Responses should be emailed to Melissa Sanders at melissa.sanders.5@us.af.mil and Eric Johnson at eric.johnson.93@us.af.mil no later than 22 August 2022, 2:00 PM EST. Any questions should be directed to Melissa Sanders through email.