SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Intent to Award Sole Source to NewsBank
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519120
— Libraries and Archives
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 36112-6334
- ZIP Code
- 36112-6334
- Solicitation Number
- Foreign_Broadcast_Database_Archive
- Archive Date
- 9/23/2017
- Point of Contact
- James, Phone: 3349535227
- E-Mail Address
-
james.blankenship.13@us.af.mil
(james.blankenship.13@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to NewsBank Inc for its ability to meet the following requirements: The Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center has a requirement to purchase a subscription to an archive of transcripts from foreign broadcasts from 1941-1996. These resources are required to support the research needs of Air University students, faculty, and staff. DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS. The online database must meet the following minimum requirements: - Feature full-text transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, China, Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the Soviet Union. - Provide a fully searchable digital collection of individual bibliographic records for each report and highlighted events to assist researchers. - Provide full-text online access to English translated transcripts of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements covering the years 1941-1996. - Provide access via a "Perpetual Archive License" for the term of the contract, after which MSFRIC will own the content and pay an annual hosting fee. - Provide unlimited online access for at least 5,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) Air University students faculty, and staff (including on-campus and distance learners) covering 30 Sep 2017 to 29 Sep 2018.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AETC/MaxAFBCS/Foreign_Broadcast_Database_Archive/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 36112-6334, United States
- Zip Code: 36112-6334
- Record
- SN04660738-W 20170907/170905231238-2b36f5a084dfd8f1466cfa4f49981e02 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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