76 -- Subscription to Westlaw computer assisted legal research services

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) intends to award a sole source procurement to West Publishing Corporation of St Paul, MN under the authority of FAR 6.302 for a subscription to Westlaw computer assisted legal research services that contain federal and state case law, statues, legislative history of the statues, regulations, administrative codes, and law review articles; exclusive personnel law research, up-to-date, unified sources statues, regulations, decision and opinions (including historical and archived documents), and a feature that warns users of bills pending in Congress that may affect statues that they are researching. Westlaw is proprietary software owned by West Publishing Corporation. This is not a request for competitive quotes. However, any party that believes it is capable of meeting DoDEA's requirement as stated herein may submit a written capability statement that clearly supports and demonstrates their ability to perform the requirement. All submissions must be received by the response date and time of this notice. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This procurement is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.5. Response Date: 1:00 pm EST, 01 SEPT 2006. Please email inquires to Nina Tran at [email protected].