Notice of Intent to Sole Source- Legal Reference Materials

The DCSA Office of General Counsel (DCSA-OGC) has a requirement for readily available and reliable access to current, authoritative and accurate legal reference materials, including statutes, public laws, federal and state judicial and administrative case law, and legal treatises, with annotations and status notes for all of these materials both online and physical reference materials. Specifically, the reference materials must include access to the following:

a. Physical access to current copies of the U.S. Code, Merit Systems Board Reporter, Corpus Juris Secondum, legal forms compendium, federal rules of civil and criminal procedure, federal acquisition regulation, as well as commentaries, annotations, and updates to these references;

b. Extensive online access to legal databases including federal and state case law, statutes, regulations, administrative codes, legal encyclopedias, treaties, law reviews, and journals;

c. Citation service, which allows users to check the validity of their research;

d. Document analysis tools to help identify relevant legal authorities and insights. DCSA’s Contracting and Procurement Office (CPO) has a need for online access to the Nash and Cibinic Report (N&CR). The N&CR is a monthly, acquisition focused periodical that provides the personal insights from nationally recognized authorities in government contracting. N&CR is proprietary and only available from Westlaw. Only one online database and publishing company, Thomson Reuters, provides all of the federal legal reference materials and resources needed by DCSA-OGC and DCSA-CPO. Westlaw Reference Materials and online access is only available through Thomson Reuters.