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, Springshare, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) (only one source reasonably available) on or about 30 June 2021. The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 1 July 2021 through 30 June 2022. FSC: 7630 NAICS: 519130 Size Standard: 1,000 employees Subscription name : Springshare LibGuides Supplier name : Springshare, LLC. Product description : Springshare LibGuides is a Library content management system which enables Librarians to curate and share information and resources for both internal staffing and external customers in digital guides. Create subject, course or topic guides with the ability to add, reuse, share content and get guides and best practices from a shared LibGuides community. Manages database lists and information. Conduct library instruction programs. Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered : Enables Librarians to curate and share information and resources for both internal staffing and external customers in digital guides. Create subject, course or topic guides with the ability to add, reuse, share content and get guides and best practices from a shared LibGuides community. Must be able to provide single access point authorization for multiple content providers including: EBSCO, Gale/Cengage, ProQuest, and Overdrive, etc Includes fine-tuned access controls, content protections (IP ranges, passwords), groups for better organization, additional A-Z Database management, additional account levels, & granular user permissions. Comes with LibWizard Lite, forms/survey builder. Provide continually updated staff training / how-to’s for creating guides and using LibGuides. Real-time insight into usage, including hits on guides and individual assets. Drill down to individual guide reports to see how many times guides were accessed each month. Produce reports detailing the success of programs. Include built-in link checker, database management, promote guides and other library social media. Detailed statistics such as # of user sessions, browser and OS breakdown including mobile devices, search terms stats, referring URLs, and more. 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: Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers. 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. 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. Company CAGE Code or DUNS 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 Ashley Collins at
[email protected] no later than 24 May 2021, 2:00 PM EST. Any questions should be directed to Ashley Collins through email.