U.S. Department of Education, OCFO, Contracts & Purchasing Operations, Support Services Group, 7th & D Streets, SW, Rm 3616, ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-4443

D -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COMPUTER ASSISTED LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICE SOL RFQ:ED-99B001 DUE 021899 POC Jena Mittleman, 202-708-9229 or Desandre Cobb, Contract Specialist, 202-708-9472 The U.S. Department of Education/Office for Civil Rights intends to enter into an Interagency Agreement with the Library of Congress for the purpose of gaining access to on-line legal research and case retrieval services with WESTLAW. This acquisition will be accomplished by using the Library of Congress(LOC)FEDLIK Basic Ordering Agreement. Specifically,ED selects a firm from the LOC/FEDLINK list for the use of on-line legal research and case retrieval services. FEDLINK contractors should provide their price & subject listing of the topic areas for on-line, fulltext,fully judicial opinions,statutes,regulations, and other related information including: US Code Annotated; Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Register; Office Hearings and Appeals-Administrative Law Judge(ALJ) and Civil Rights Reviewing Authority decisions; National Disability Law Reporters(NDLR);and federal and state case flow information. ED would like to also have access to the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Law Reporter. Firms proposing the most comprehensive and easily accessible service, price and any other factors considered. Offers must reflect what legal/non-legal, business publications & newswires/newspapers thru their agreements with Dow Jones Interactive and Dialog. Also note the accessibility by full text of all of the major/key city newswire/newspapers being proposed; and each offer must include access to the Wall Street Journal. ED is seeking the most reasonably priced and comprehensive LOC listing that meets our needs. The offeror's price listing must be clear, and it must be stated if there is a flat monthly rate and if there are additional separate price(s) for other special/optional services. Finally, ED/OCR would like to separately consider the creation of an Education and/or Civil Rights Library on-line service sometime during the 1999 fiscal year-this must be detailed and priced separately. For technical questions, please submit your comments/questions via e-mail to Jena_Mittleman@ed.gov; or FAX (if less than 10 pages) to 202/260-0525; or by mail to the attention of Jena Mittleman, Contract Specialist. U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, 7th and D Streets, S.W. Room 3636, ROB-3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4445 Posted 02/04/99 (I-SN295130). (0035)

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