Legal, Entrepreneur & Business Plan - Intent to Sole Sourceview on SAM.gov

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The 772d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to a single source, Cengage Learning, Inc., ,under the authority of RFO 6.103-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements) on on 30 September 2026. The period of performance (PoP) shall be: 30 September 2026 – 29 September 2029. PSC: 7630 NAICS: 516210 Small Business Size Standard: $47M Subscription: Legal, Entrepreneur & Business Plan Subscription Supplier: Cengage Learning, Inc. Product Description: The mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Libraries is to support military personnel assigned to contingency operations, remote sites, and military missions in accordance with DoDI 1015.10, Military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs. To support mission readiness, voluntary education, quality of life, and the recreational and educational needs of eligible patrons, DoD Libraries require a Legal, Entrepreneur & Business Plan. The requirement is for a database that integrates with the existing Gale database that provides comprehensive business, legal, and reference resources to support entrepreneurs, business students, and library customers. The database must include the complete Business Plans Handbook series, peer-reviewed full-text journals and other business resources, legal forms, and user features such as saving, printing, downloading, annotating, citing, and seamless search access with minimal response times. Must provide a Business: Plan Builder is a step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing, and optimizing a business or nonprofit. The program's intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success. Must provide users with a direct path to additional resources and tools at their points of need, Business: Plan Builder provides integrated access to business: entrepreneurship and Legal Forms when libraries subscribe to any of these products. Must help users explore what they can bring to the table as an entrepreneur and assess where they stand in preparing to start a business. Must employ tools such as Canvas, Lean Canvas, SWOT, PEST, and Porter's Five Forces to plan the high-level framework in which a business will operate. Must provide break-even analysis that delivers insight to determine when a user's business will be able to cover expenses and begin to realize a profit. Must provide business plans that prepares users for presentations to potential investors and lenders—this section includes an executive summary, lean business plan, full business plan, pitch deck, and strategic marketing plan. Must provide financial projections that provide a robust analysis of a company's financial future, encompassing capital expenditures, sales, equity, taxes, inventory, and more Must include an easy-to-browse home page features four key bu…