Notice of intent to sole source

Program Name: 2024 Online Employment Law Database: Office of Chief Counsel 
Period of Performance: October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025    
Scope: OCC requires services for 13 users

1.    Participant Profile
The Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), at the Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidate Business Center (EMCBC) is in Cincinnati, OH.  OCC has utilized an online database service to research matters related to Federal employment law.  This database is crucial to conduct research on employment law matters that arise while providing EMCBC client sites Legal Services.  EMCBC provides its customers services in Contracting, Financial Management, Human Resources, Information Resource Management, Cost Estimating and Analysis, Technical Support, and Asset Management.

Chief Counsel (OOC) provides attorney and paralegal services, as needed, to resolve legal issues 
arising at the EMCBC, satellite offices, and client sites. Accessibility is critical and must provide users with breaking news critical to legal decision-making, and practical guidance to handle everyday federal workplace challenges, ready-to-use standard forms and tools, plus authoritative references like the Broida and Hadley Guides.

2.    Faculty and Administrative Support

OCC employees need access to the following services: online database services to access Federal Employment Law issues.  The service should consist of the following easily searchable areas:

3.    Subscription:

• News/Current Events
• Decision Database
  • EEOC
  • MSPB
  • FLRA
  • CBCA
  • Policy & Guidance
  • Guides & Templates
    • Federal Manager’s Guide
    • Subject Matter Guides
    • Forms & Checklists
    • Broida Guide to MSPB Law & Practice
    • Broida Guide to Federal Labor Relations Authority Law & Practice
    • Hadley Guide to Federal Sector Equal Employment Law & Practice

Resources

There are no special requirements for the government to make available or to furnish government resources to the contractor.