SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- SUBSCRIPTION TO CQ.COM
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- NNM05124483Q
- Response Due
- 8/30/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2006
- Description
- This procurement is strictly for "Small Business Set-Aside"only. NASA/MSFC has a requirement for Publication of Congressional Quarterly, Base Subscriber Renewal plus one option year with a lead time for delivery of 30 days. NASA/MSFC intends to purchase this publication from CQ.com on a Sole Source Basis for the following reasons: 1. CQ.com is the only comprehensive and integrated legislative tracking system available. They provide a full spectrum of government documents integrated with proprietary CQ news and analysis. CQ?s editors and reporters?the largest and most experienced news team on Capitol Hill?explain legislative developments with unparalleled clarity and reliability through sources unavailable anywhere else. Also, CQ.com provides detailed legislative histories of each bill introduced in Congress with direct links to the Congressional Record, Committee Reports, related bills, floor votes, and stories from CQ Weekly and CQ Daily Monitor. Further, CQ provides summaries and forecasts for all major bills before Congress. In addition, vote summaries are prepared by CQ editors and posted within an hour after floor votes and CQ.com provides a side-by-side bill comparison feature that is very efficient for quick analysis of the legislation from both Congressional chambers. CQ.com provides comprehensive narratives of committee and subcommittee proceedings, including all open markups and many that are closed. Includes tallies, and yea and nay breakdowns for recorded votes, voting records for members and vote descriptions for all votes. Also, through this service verbatim transcripts of all covered congressional hearings, including NASA, are available within 12-48 hours. CQ.com also provides specialized e-mail alerts, as set-up by the user, on a variety of topics, including NASA programs, bills, members and votes. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, which is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ); quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. Quotes are due to Allison K. Sandt at Allison.K.Sandt@msfc.nasa.gov no later than August 30, 2005 @ 12:30 p.m. CST. It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any). Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this notice, the on-line RFQ and amendments (if any). An ombudsman has been appointed - See NASA Specific Note "B".
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