BRAILLE RNIB MAGAZINES - 2026

This is a public notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 – Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions.

The Library of Congress, Contracts and Grants Directorate, intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to: Printed Braille Magazines - RNIB – The Royal British Government. The work to be performed under the contract will be performed at the following location: the British Government shall source the magazines and ship them to the USA.

The period of performance of the intended contract shall run as follows: 12 months. It is valued at an amount below the simplified acquisition threshold (defined as $250,000 and below), but above $25,000 (the public notice threshold). The work shall consist of the following: the creation and production of various braille magazines solely created by RNIB. Then those magazines are shipped to the USA to be distributed to NLS Patrons.

This announcement constitute the only public notice, proposals are not being requested from other parties and a written solicitation will not be issued. This public notice accomplishes the following:

1. Notice of the LC’s intent to sole source this requirement to the business listed herein;
2. Synopsizing the requirements in accordance with the FAR; and
3. Publically posting the approved Justification and Approval (J&A) to the public in advance of the contract award rather than after award. As a result of this, a second posting of the J&A is not required after the award has been made.

As a result of this public posting, this shall be the only notice issued. A separate award notice and a separate J&A posting shall not be performed, as all public information is being accomplished via this public notice.

The following attachments are included in this notice:
Attachment 1: Statement of Work
Attachment 2: Sole Source Justification (Redacted for Public Release)

No further notices shall be pursued at this time in regards to this contracting action.