This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action Synopsis. This proposed contract action is published to notify potential sources the Department of Veterans Affairs, SAO West, NCO 17, intends to award a Sole Source, Firm Fixed price Contract to LRP Publications located at 747 Dresher Road, Horsham, PA 19044-0980 for a base and four option periods. The requirement will consist of Information Technology (IT) Professional Services contract for use of proprietary cyberFEDS on the Web electronic legal research subscription database for thirty -two (32) user licenses throughout the VISN 17 Medical Facilities Human Resources Departments. LRP Publications is the exclusive source for cyberFEDS on the Web. The database cyberFEDS on the Web exclusively offers Quick Start Guides (QSGs), Summaries of Case Decisions and Arbitration Awards, Case Index Numbering System, Forms Library, Arbitration Awards, MSPB Decisions, Pay and Benefits Civilian Personnel Decisions, Comptroller General Non-Labor Decisions, and Federal Employee Ethics Decisions. The Subscription Service will provide VISN-17 personnel with the following: classification/qualification library (including FPMs), EEO library (EEOC), Labor Relations Library (FLRA and arbitration awards), Employee Relations Library (MSPB), Pay & Benefits Library (Comptroller General), Workers' Compensation Library, Forms Library, News Archive, Online Conferences, Online User's Guide, Quick Start Guides, Checklists Plus+, A guide to Federal Labor Relations Authority Law and practice, by Peter Broida, A Guide to Merit Systems Protection Board Law and Practice, by Peter Broida, A Guide to Federal Sector Equal Employment Law and Practice, by Ernest C. Hadley, and cyberFEDS Workers Compensation Library on the web. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 519130, SIC code 2721. This is not a request for competitive quotes, however responses received on or before January 27, 2012 will be evaluated. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Respondents will not be notified of the Government's determination. The Government will not pay for any information that is submitted by respondents to this notice of proposed contract action. Information should be submitted to the Network Contracting Office, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, ATTN: Rachelle Moore (10N17/90C), 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive, Temple, TX 76504-7451 or Fax 254-899-6030.

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