Fiscal Service Procurement, on behalf of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) intends to make award to the William S. Hein & Co., LLC., 2350 North Forest Rd, Getzville, NY, 14068-1296 on a sole source basis, for HeinOnline Subscription Services.

The personnel at TTB rely on the easy access and retrieval of the Federal Register and CFR information available through Hein Online. The information is retrieved easily, and the user interface is simple and does not require the user to know and implement a specialized search structure. The information is critical in the review and development of regulations as well as in the evaluation of industries and materials to ensure they are complying of code. All offices within TTB use information obtained from Hein Online.

The period of performance for the purchase order/contract is anticipated to be June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025.

TTB will consider written responses received no later than 1:00 pm ET on Monday, May 20, 2024. All responsible sources shall submit information as specified below to be considered by the agency. Responses shall be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, SS-TTB-24-082 Attn: JRS – MH.

NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will not be accepted.

Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows your company is capable of providing the requirement described in this notice. Responses received will be reviewed; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no written response is received by the aforementioned deadline that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, and that is more advantageous to the Government, Fiscal Service will make award on a sole source basis to William S. Hein & Co., LLC.

Qualified Contractors must provide the following:

1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Other than Small Business etc.). Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number, should the Government have questions regarding individual responses.

2. UEI Number.

3. Specific details of the product(s) that your company offers in regard to this notice.

4. Whether your content is available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market.

5. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your companys standard line of business, as well as a list of customers to whom your company currently provides the specific required content.

The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered:

.bat, .cab, .cmd, .com, .cpl, .dot, .dotx, .exe, .hqx, .hta, .mim, .mp3, .mp4, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .uu, .uue, .vbs, .wsf, xxe,.wmv, html, mhtml, and .zip files

The allowable Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF file types as follows:

Microsoft Office (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) and Adobe PDF (.pdf) are acceptable.

No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time.

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