Westlaw Online Subscription Services

SPECIAL NOTICE TO SOLE SOURCE:Agency: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)POC: Angela C. Ortiz | email:  angela.c.ortiz@irs.govFor: Westlaw Online Subscription ServicesThe Office of Treasury Procurement Services (OTPS); Operations Support Branch, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 with West Publishing (a Thomson Reuters Company) with the approximate start date of January 1, 2020.Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) has a need to purchase 500 licenses for access to Westlaw Online Services in support of mission critical research which includes core legal content such as cases, statutes, regulations, administrative decisions, law reviews, journals, and Restatements.  Legislative History includes access to state bills, legislative history reports, analyses, summaries and messages.This order will be for a period of 6-months from date of award to maintain continuity of services until the new

contract for services is awarded.No solicitation package will be issued. This special 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, EDT on December 12, 2019. Responses shall be submitted to Angela C. Ortiz at angela.c.ortiz@irs.gov.Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information:1. The name of your company;2. Company DUNS No and CAGE Code;3. Point of Contact, and secondary 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 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 products mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product capable 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.