Draft Statement of Objectives Library Authentication

Library Authentication Subscription
Statement of Objectives
Combined Arms Command Library Program

1. Introduction and Background

The U.S. Army Combined Arms Command (CAC) Library Program operates a consortium of 18 academic and special libraries supporting Officer, Warrant Officer, and NonCommissioned Officer professional military education across the Continental United States. The Library Enterprise Division manages an enterprise Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE environment.
The Government requires a commercial, cloud-hosted authentication and proxy solution to provide seamless and secure remote access to both consortium-wide and library-specific licensed electronic resources.

2. Scope

The Contractor shall furnish a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) library authentication and electronic resource proxy subscription for one (1) enterprise Program Office instance and eighteen (18) individual library instances. The solution must natively integrate with the Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE environment and preserve existing user access pathways to the maximum extent possible. The specific administrative and participating entities covered under this scope are defined below:
Instance Type
Program Office
Participating Libraries

Library Name
U.S. Army Combined Arms Command Library Program
Aiso Library
Army Sustainment University Library
Bruce. C. Clarke Library
Center for Military History Library
CW2 Christopher G. Nason Military Intelligence Library
Cyber Research Center
Donovan Research Library
Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library
Morris Swett Library
Othon O. Valent Learning Resource Center

Stimson Medical Library
T2COM HQ Library
U.S. Army Aviation Technical Library
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Library
U.S. Army Institute for Religious Leadership – Military Chaplaincy Resource Center
U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute Library
U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and School Library
U.S. Army War College Library

3. Period of Performance

The contract shall consist of an implementation period from 1 March 2027 thru 14 April 2027 a base period of twelve (12) months beginning 15 April 2027, and six (6) twelve-month option periods, exercisable at the Government’s discretion.

3.1 Implementation Period

An Implementation Period of Performance shall commence on 1 March 2027 and end on 14 April 2027.
This period is established to allow a successor Contractor sufficient time to complete all