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The internal Revenue Service intends to issue an award for 70 IRS employees to have access to “Law 360 Tax Authority” on-line subscription to the research platform for one year. The award shall be in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. The Platform includes breaking email alerts, to include on-line news platform that includes up-to-the-minute coverage of Federal, State, and International tax information for advance tax practitioners. The on-line-platform must be full-text searchable. Provide IRS users to the e-mail alerting services, including prepackaged and customized options. The on-line news platform must provide a variety of search tools available across the entire platform, with the ability to browse content . Federal Tax Content : Federal coverage must include Litigation-Tax related litigation in federal courts and the U.S. Tax Court. Access to International tax cases, class actions involving tax collection claims, disputes over health care, employment, and estate taxes. Litigations challenging Federal tax statues, cases involving major accounting firms, tax issues in bankruptcy cases. Agencies to include: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Treasury. Policy & Regulations : Federal legislations and regulation involving all forms of taxes, tax reporting and preparation requirements, tax rate changes, and Federal tax lobbying. Enforcement: Tax Fraud investigations and charges, tax rate changes and enforcement Transactions: Tax planning strategies in merger and acquisitions; State Content: State tax coverage must contain Tax related litigation in state courts, disputes over health care, employment and estate taxes, litigation challenging state tax statues, cases involving accounting firms, tax issues in bankruptcy cases, state and local revenue agencies Policy & Regulations: State and local legislation and regulation involving corporate use, and other tases, tax reporting and preparation requirement s, tax rate changes, and state and local lobbying , Enforcement Tax fraud investigations and charges Transactions : Tax planning strategies in mergers and acquisitions International Tax Content Litigation International tax cases, suits involving international tax statues, International cases involving major tax accounting firms, tax issues in international insolvency matters, Agencies : International tax enforcement agencies, Policy & Regulation: International legislation and regulation involving all forms of taxes, tax reporting and preparation requirement s, tax rate changes, foreign account Tax Compliance Act, Base Erosion and Profit shifting (BEPS) or transfer pricing reform by international organizations, International tax lobbying, Enforcement: Global tax fraud investigations and charges, Tax rate changes and enforcement, Transactions : Tax strategies in multinational mergers. For Section 508 requirements please see uploaded attachment. No solicitation shall be issued, therefore, all requests for the solicitation will be considered non-responsive. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in sole discretion of the Government. All interested parties must express their interest and capabilities in writing via e-mail within ten (10) calendar days of the published date of this notice. Documents over ten (10) pages in total shall not be recognized. Verification of receipt of email transmissions shall be the sole responsibility of the contractor. All Treasury contractors are required to be actively registered in Systems Award Management (SAM) database prior to receipt of award. All businesses doing business with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are now subject to Tax Check, if found delinquent shall have a direct impact on ability to award to a delinquent source. If no responses are received, an award shall be made to 360 Tax Authority. Provisions: FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms & Conditions Commercial Acquisitions; FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters (Apr 2010), FAR 52.232.-12 Invoices, FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013), 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, IR1052.232-7003 Electronic Invoicing & Payment Requirements for Invoice Processing Platform; FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunication & Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications & Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligation (June 2013); 52.223-99 Ensuring Adequate COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors; Award shall be in accordance with FAR part 13. SECTION 508 5IR1052.239-9000 Section 508 Information, Documentation and Support (Dec 2019) In accordance with 36 CFR, Appendix C to Part 1194, the information and communication technology (ICT) products and product support services documentation furnished in performance of this contract shall be provided at no additional cost. The contractor shall provide information, documentation, and support relative to the supplies and services as described in the statement of work, performance work statement or statement of objectives (select one). The following technical standards and provisions have been determined to be applicable to this contract: _X__ Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services _X__ 601 General _X__ 601.1 _X__ 602 Support Documentation _X__ 602.1 _X__ 602.2 _X__ 602.3 _X__ 602.4 _X__ 603 Support Services _X__ 603.1 _X__ 603.2 _X__ 603.3 (End of clause) IR1052.239-9001 Section 508 Conformance (NOV 2020) Each information and communication technology (ICT) product and/or product related service delivered under the terms of this contract, at a minimum, shall conform to the applicable accessibility standards at 36 CFR, Appendix C to Part 1194 at the level of conformance as specified in the Attachment entitled, “(Please state where attachment may be found and name of attachment for example, Section J., Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) or Section J., Evaluation Matrix).” The following technical standards have been determined to be applicable to this contract: ___ Chapter 4: Hardware ___ 401 General ___ 401.1 ___ 402 Closed Functionality ___ 402.1 ___ 402.2(1-6) ___ 402.3 ___ 402.4 ___ 402.5 ___ 403 Biometrics ___ 403.1 ___ 404 Preservation of Information Provided for Accessibility ___ 404.1 ___ 405 Privacy ___ 405.1 ___ 406 Standard Connections ___ 406.1 ___ 407 Operable Parts ___ 407.1 ___ 407.2 ___ 407.3 ___ 407.4 ___ 407.5 ___ 407.6 ___ 407.7 ___ 407.8 ___ 408 Display Screens ___ 408.1 ___ 408.2 ___ 408.3 ___ 409 Status Indictors ___ 409.1 ___ 410 Color Coding ___ 410.1 ___ 411 Audible Signals ___ 411.1 ___ 412 ICT with Two-Way Communication ___ 412.1 ___ 412.2 ___ 412.3 ___ 412.4 ___ 412.5 ___ 412.6 ___ 412.7 ___412.8 ___ 413 Closed Caption Processing Technologies ___ 413.1 ___ 414 Audio Description Processing Technologies ___ 414.1 ___ 415 User Controls for Captions and Audio Descriptions ___ 415.1 _X__ Chapter 5: Software _X__ 501 General _X__ 501.1 _X__ 502 Interoperability with Assistive Technology _X__ 502.1 _X__ 502.2 _X__ 502.3 _X__ 502.4(A-G) _X__ 503 Applications _X__ 503.1 _X__ 503.2 _X__ 503.3 _X__ 503.4 _X__ 504 Authoring Tools _X__ 504.1 _X__ 504.2 _X__ 504.3 _X__ 504.4 _X__ Chapter 7: Referenced Standards _X__ 701 General _X__ 701.1 _X__ 702 Incorporation by Reference _X__ 702.1 ___ 702.2 _X__ 702.3 _X__ 702.4 ___ 702.5 ___ 702.6 ___ 702.7 ___ 702.8 ___ 702.9 _X__ 702.10 The standards do not require the installation of specific accessibility-related software or the attachment of an assistive technology device, but merely require that the ICT be compatible with such software and devices so that it can be made accessible if so required by the agency in the future. The following functional performance criteria (36 CFR Chapter 3) apply to this contract. _X__ Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria _X__ 301 General _X__ 301.1 _X__ 302 Functional Performance Criteria _X__ 302.1 _X__ 302.2 _X__ 302.3 _X__ 302.4 _X__ 302.5 _X__ 302.6 _X__ 302.7 _X__ 302.8 _X__ 302.9 (End of clause)