FEDLINK Electronic Resources Services

The purpose of Amendment 0004 is to extend the solicitation due date from 5/12/2023 at 9:00 AM EST to 5/15/2023 at 9 AM EST.

The purpose of Amendment 0003 is to extend the solicitation due date from 5/5/2023 at 9:00 AM EST to 5/12/2023 at 9 AM EST.

The purpose of Solicitation LCFDL23R0059, Amendment 0002 is to provide corrected answers to clarification questions and amend the solicitation to address the questions.

The purpose of Solicitation LCFDL23R0059, Amendment 0001 is twofold: 1) Provide answers to clarification questions and amend the solicitation to address the questions; and 2) extend the solicitation due date until May 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST.

The Library of Congress (Library) has a requirement for products and services that deliver or provide access to commercial off-the-shelf electronic information resources for the FEDLINK program. Information products and services shall be available for ordering agencies with multiple organizational levels and geographic locations nationwide and/or worldwide.

This combined synopsis/solicitation is for multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Individual orders may be placed on a firm fixed unit prices basis, the cumulative value of which shall not exceed the maximum defined in the contract.

Interested parties that offer Electronic Resources are encouraged to respond to the information in the solicitation LCFDL23R0059. Questions for this combined synopsis/solicitation should be directed to Holly Le, Contracting Officer, at heva@loc.gov and Elinda Deans, Contract Specialist at ehar@loc.gov. Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: LCFDL23R0059 FEDLINK Electronic Resources Solicitation.

Contracts may be divided into four lots as follows:

Lot 1 Electronic Resources/Databases
Lot 2 Document Delivery Services
Lot 3 Associated Publications
Lot 4 Specialized Access/Product Integration

Contractors must offer products/services under Lot 1 in order to provide products/services under Lot 3, and must offer products/services under Lot 1 and/or Lot 2 in order to provide products/services under Lot 4.

Note that electronic training and online courses are not the focus of this solicitation and are out-of-scope. Only educational, electronic training, and online courses that supplement, support and interact with the products and services offered under Lot 1 are allowed. Such an offering is limited and must be directly related to the products/services offered under Lot 1.