The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) GeoCapabilities Division (TEGG) is seeking information on how an interested and qualified contractor could provide technical expertise to enable and expand open-source capabilities to support mission requirements in the following areas: GEOINT Processing and Dissemination, Foreign Partner Sharing, Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Response, Law Enforcement Support and GEOINT AI development and deployment.

The Subscription Service (hereafter referred to as the Service) shall track Congressional bills in the area of Energy Regulation (Coal, Oil, Electric, Hydropower, LNG, Renewable Energy, etc.) as they progress through the legislative process.

DLA requires an enterprise subscription for online access to a suite of databases Online subscription service for Military/Government documents and non-government standard, Online logistical information data to include data from Defense Logistic Informational Service (DLIS), procurement history from the Department of Defense (DoD) and Coast Guard, Vendor Catalog Services, Electronic Component Part Lookup Tool, Parts List/Bill of Material Comparison Tool. DLA requires access to item specific information pulled from multiple databases and displayed in one output.

Response due date revised to May 5, 2025.

Numerous documents added to the solicitation.

Response to questions, revised solicitation, and due date extended to May 5, 2025.

Response to questions.

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