# Ancestry Library Edition for DoD Libraries Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa805225q0007 - Solicitation number: FA805225Q0007 - Notice type: Award notice - Status: Awarded to Proquest LLC for $879,642.65 - Department: Department of the Air Force - Agency: Department of the Air Force - Contracting office: FA8052 773 Ess (FA8052) - NAICS: 519210 Libraries and Archives - Product or service code: AF11 Education, Training, Employment, & Social Svcs R&D Svcs; Education Svcs R&D; Basic Research - Place of performance: San Antonio, Texas - City: San Antonio. https://abierto.us/cities/san-antonio-tx-4865000 - First posted: September 25, 2025 - Last posted: September 25, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a769a40172424532a8d61b3796c7137e/view ## Description This contract was awarded on a Sle-Source basis. See attached J&A for further details. Ancestry Library Edition for DoD Libraries is innovative information content and technologies increase the productivity of students, scholars, professionals and the libraries that serve them. Ancestry is a highly respected genealogical resource that is exclusively distributed to libraries by ProQuest. Ancestry Library Edition is the largest online family history resource available. The collection is the largest, most-popular, and best-known genealogical website. Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered: - Shall work with the contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons. - Shall be able to interface with all 4 service branch libraries and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices. - Shall provide genealogical tools such as charts, summaries, calendars, black research forms and message boards with in-depth tutorials, videos, how to wiki and online research support. - Shall add new content and/or updates on an ongoing basis, 80% of content must be owned and not from third party vendors. - Shall include Special U.S. Census Records Collection, with indexed images, 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Selected Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880,U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895,U.S. City Directories Collection (1821-1989) with indexed images, 1.5M records, U.S. Probate and Wills Collection (mid-1800s-2008) with indexed images, 232Mrecords, Africa, Asia & Europe Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons (1946-1971),with indexed images, 1.7M million records, Europe, Registration of Foreigners& German Individuals Persecuted (1930-1947) with indexed images, 10M records, U.S. Navy Muster Rolls (1940-1963) with indexed images, 2.4M records, U.S. Federal Census: 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes - Shall provide searchable obituaries for millions of pages of historical newspapers with the name index and important metadata - Shall have several billion records, several million family trees, a robust US Census & immigration resource, every-name indexes for 1790-1940, military records, holocaust related records, international records for the 60+ countries (including U.K., Canada & other areas). - Website certificates should be RSA2048-bits (SHA256withRSA) - Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks - Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Military OneSource/Other, and Navy) - Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. See attached J&A for more information. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Proquest LLC (UEI J1RFEVPBPU43) - Contract: FA805225P0015, purchase order - Obligated: $207,147.09 - Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received - Link: solicitation number FA805225Q0007 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8052 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA805225P0015_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - September 25, 2025: Award notice. Notice a769a40172424532a8d61b3796c7137e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a769a40172424532a8d61b3796c7137e/view ## Points of contact - Madelyn Williams, madelyn.williams@us.af.mil - SrA Dakota Hardison, dakota.hardison@us.af.mil --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa805225q0007.