Legal Reseach Database

IAW FAR 5.301(a), Except for contract actions described at FAR 5.301(b) and as provided in FAR 5.003, contracting officers must synopsize through the GPE. IAW FAR 5.301(b)(6) the following action The contract action- (i) Is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Was made through a means where access to the notice of proposed contract action was provided through the GPE; and (iii) Permitted the public to respond to the solicitation electronically. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: The government requires web-based access to an online legal database with a repository for administrative decisions, court decisions, treatises, as it relates to labor law. The database shall include a search feature that allows for easy navigation for finding case-law articles and decisions utilizing a keyword, complainant or appellant name. Searches shall distinguish between federal administrative law cases and civilian sector cases. The database shall have a search response time of no more than 2 minutes. Some of the required information maintained within the database includes legal findings as it relates to employee relations, labor relations, Equal Employment Opportunity, laws/regulations, Workforce Management, Pay & Benefits, and Workers' Compensation, best practices, tips and practical guidance written by the recognized federal employment law experts, manuals/how to guides that cite case law for common labor/employment issues in the federal government, federal personnel law daily news, case law, statutes, regulations, handbooks, manuals, arbitrator biographies and statistics, quick start guides relating to federal labor and employment law, webinars on common labor and employment issues, and federal agency regulations that correlate to relevant federal sector issues. In addition, the database shall provide relevant on-line training on federal sector issues (e.g. Executive Orders) and electronic access to the most common and respected federal sector labor and employment treatises and authors. All related documents must be current and feature amendments to all cases (if applicable). The database shall provide the ability to rate/grade arbitrators, and provide access to labor policies/regulations from other agencies, unpublished Merit Systems Protection Board, Federal Labor Relations Authority decisions, and Federal Service Impasses Panel decisions. The database must allow for access by multiple users from various locations. The ability to transfer licenses between users is preferred.