FEDLINK ELECTRONIC RESOURCES SOLICITATION

Amendment 0001 is uploaded. The purpose of 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 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM EST. Accordingly, solicitation number LCFDL24R0018 is amended as follows:

1. SF 1449, Page 1, Box 8 - The offer due date is hereby extended from 5/27/2024 09:00 ET to 05/28/2024 09:00 ET; and 2. Section J - See attachment entitled "ER Solicitation Clarification Questions and Answers." 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 LCFDL24R0018. Questions for this combined synopsis/solicitation should be directed to Tariq Miakhel, Contracting Officer, at tmiakhel@loc.gov and Elinda Deans, Contract Specialist at ehar@loc.gov. Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: LCFDL24R0018 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.