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FEDLINK Main Number
(202) 707-4800
FEDLINK Hotline
(202) 707-4900
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4935
FEDLINK Information Retrieval Service
FEDLINK establishes contracts for electronic information retrieval services to provide access to commercial electronic information resources such as
- Databases
- Online full text and data, and
- Online commercial content.
The content available varies by subject areas and may be
- full text documents of all types (ebooks, ejournals, individual articles, technical reports, etc.),
- bibliographic citations
- indexes with or without abstracts,
- numerical data,
- directories,
- graphic information, and
- video and audio files.
The contracts can also cover portals to electronic information published elsewhere, print editions of documents published by the vendor, and document delivery services.
Members Using Transfer Pay
For Transfer Pay orders, FEDLINK requires and interagency agreement between FEDLINK and the member agency, full funding for the order, and additional information before a FEDLINK member may add or move funds into any vendor account.
To process any information retrieval order Members must also submit a requirements document such as
- a vendor quote,
- a renewal notice,
- or an Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE)
All documents must include (a) a description of the products/services required; including access levels and number of authorized users (if applicable) and (b) the subscription period (performance - start and end dates).
Once FEDLINK receives complete documentation and full funding,
the amount of the order determines the order processing time:
90 days to place orders over $150K and
60 days for orders under $150K.
FEDLINK needs the same information/specificity for any funds in your IZ account. (Members are responsible for the management and movement of funds to IZ account.)
Members Using Direct Express
To use the FEDLINK Direct Express option, a member agency’s contracting official may simply cite the FEDLINK contract number on their agency purchase order and send it directly to the vendor.
While Direct Express does not no require an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with FEDLINK, members are responsible for initiating the purchase, including the creation of a sole source justification at the order level (when required), managing delivery of the products and services, and paying invoices. For more information on Direct Express, go to http://www.loc.gov/flicc/publications/IA2018/IA201801.pdf.
NOTE: All sixty-nine current FEDLINK Information Retrieval IDIQ contracts expire on September 30, 2018. If you plan to procure services, utilizing FY18 funds all vendor services must start no later than 9/30/18 before the current contracts expire.
For more information or questions, contact the Contracting Officers Representative at [email protected] or 202-707-4850.
Last Updated: 01/08/2018