The Bureau of the Public Debt, on behalf of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) intends to award an order to William S. Hein & Co. Inc. for Hein Online Subscription Renewal. The period of performance will be a base period of one year, beginning on October 1, 2013, with the possibility of four one year option periods. According to market research conducted, William S. Hein & Co, Inc. is the sole provider of the Hein Online Subscription Renewal. The Hein Online Subscription is a product that allows OCC attorneys and bank examiners to obtain congressional material and Government documents that pre-date 1980. The Hein Online Subscription provides all these documents to include Lexis, Westlaw, ProQuest Congressional, CQ.com and free online resources, while no other source can provide documents which pre-date 1980. It also provides a need to know why and how a provision or regulation changed over time. Hein Online is the only electronic resource that provides this information, through a citation navigator and through search and browse capabilities. William S. Hein & Co, Inc. is the only provider of this source documents dating from 1789 to the present. The company has no other resellers or distributors of this product. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than 2:00 PM ET on April 25, 2013. Responses shall be submitted to
[email protected]; Attention: BWatson / BCooper. Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 1. The name of your company; 2. Company DUNS No.; 3. POC name and contact information; 4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing a renewal for the specific items mentioned above; and, 5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities. It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with the Reuters products mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product cable of meeting the Government's needs. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.