Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Jul 30, 2026·Responses due Aug 14, 2026

Cambridge University Press Electronic Books

Justice (all) · DOJ LIBRARY STAFF (JMD)

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
513130
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
15JL1B26R00000008
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7610
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Marla Chesler (marla.chesler@usdoj.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 15JL1B26R00000008 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Jul 30, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (2 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
  • Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, intends to procure on a sole-source basis online subscriptions to ebook collections from (CUP) Cambridge University Press, a department of Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. The ebook collections include CUP History, CUP Law, and CUP Politics and International Relations. The Law content covers public and private law subjects including international law, human rights and transitional justice, transnational and comparative law, jurisprudence, and legal history. The History content includes major reference seri… (show all)

es, textbooks and monographs and covers late antiquity to the present day. The Politics and International Relations content includes Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics, Cambridge Studies in International Relations and Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Due to copyright laws, Cambridge University Press is the sole source for the purchase. The statutory authority for the proposed procurement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible source. Contractors must be fully and actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). The solicitation will not be distributed on the General Services Administration website (https://sam.gov/). This is not a formal solicitation, however, interested concerns must respond within fourteen (14) days from the date of this synopsis with written documentation, detailed data and information that clearly demonstrates their ability to provide the proprietary content described above. Responses received because of this notice of intent shall be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses will not be considered as either bids or proposals. Provisions: FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms & Conditions Commercial Acquisitions; FAR 52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters (Apr 2010), FAR 52.232.-12 Invoices, FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- System for Award Management (Jul 2013), 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-21; Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, IR1052.232-7003 Electronic Invoicing & Payment Requirements for Invoice Processing Platform; FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunication & Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; FAR 52,204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications & Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. 52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors. 52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors The anticipated period of performance under any resultant purchase orders will be one (1) year. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition based upon the written responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses must be submitted via email at marla.chesler@usdoj.gov.

Who won similar work

1650 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Justice (all)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SHAVER FOODS LLC56$4.3MSep 23, 2026
North Star Imports, LLC35$2.1MOct 14, 2026
Multiple Berlin NH 03570 USA34$2.5MOct 14, 2026
L.A. FOODS, LLC33$1.2MSep 23, 2026
JNS FOODS LLC33$1.0MSep 22, 2026
PUEBLO TRADING CO INC27$1.1MSep 23, 2026
NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC27$495KSep 23, 2026
Matts Trading Inc26$1.1MSep 22, 2026
MULTIPLE VENDORS Bruceton Mills WV 26525 USA25$7.5MSep 18, 2026
VARIOUS Lisbon OH 44432 USA25$3.4MJul 7, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Justice, Dept of (DOJ) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Justice, Dept of (DOJ) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 125 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.