SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Congressional Legislative Online Subscription
- Notice Date
- 4/25/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Office of Personnel Management, Facilities, Security and Contracting, Contracting, 1900 E Street, N.W., Room 1342, Washington, District of Columbia, 20415-7710, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20415-7710
- Solicitation Number
- OPM13-13-T-0001
- Archive Date
- 5/14/2013
- Point of Contact
- Carrie M. Lopez, Phone: 2026066027
- E-Mail Address
-
carrie.lopez@opm.gov
(carrie.lopez@opm.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Purpose and Objective: This is a Sources Sought Notice to identify small businesses, especially those in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a) program, HUBZone program, Service Disabled Veteran Owned program, and Woman Owned program that are capable of providing an online subscriptions services for a legislative database, tracking and analysis services for the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Congressional and Legislative Affairs (CLA). This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposal, or Request for Quotations. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract, nor do they affect a potential offeror's ability to respond to any future synopsis/solicitation, which may or may not follow or restrict the U.S. Government's eventual acquisition approach. Additionally, the U.S. Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this notice. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding. Background: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has a requirement to procure online subscription services for legislative database, tracking and analysis services for its Congressional and Legislative Affairs (CLA) office. This requirement shall allow web access to the online subscription for up 20 licensed users for a period of three (3) years (base year and two one-year option periods) beginning June 1, 2013. The requirements are, but are not limited to the following: • Provides full text of Congressional Committee and floor amendments. • Summarizes background information on bills, provides detailed synopsis of every bill in front of Congress, provides chamber floor debate information, and prospects for the passage of bills. • Finds differences in language between any two bill text documents; view results in a side-by-side report showing portions that changed. • Allows full access to searchable text of all bill versions and the links to a PDF from the Government Printing Office website. • Tracks the status of bills as they move through the legislative process. • Provides updates on the status of the Federal budget, continuing resolutions and the dates of budgets passed by Congress. • Provides comprehensive coverage of every open Congressional committee and subcommittee markup. • Provides daily updates regarding proceedings and debates of the House and Senate. • Provides full text of every committee report searchable by keyword and bill number. • Provides detailed synopsis of all legislation; links to all related news, analysis, and source material prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). • Provides CRS reports given to Members of Congress and their staff; provide expert analysis of each stage of the legislative process. • Tracks and provides advance notice to hearings and meetings that they can/should attend. • Provides daily and weekly updates on congressional activity. • Provides up-to-date information on Healthcare reform. • Provides current member profiles; to include detailed information about every Member of Congress' state, district, voting and electoral history, committee assignment, legislative priorities, and news. • Maintains a current directory of members and their staff with the option to create mailings from the directory. • Tracks legislation in all 50 States and the District of Columbia, including text of legislation as well as alerts and reports that can be customized by issue area. • Tracks regulations in all 50 States and the District of Columbia, including text of regulations as well as alerts and reports on State regulations that can be customized by issue area. • Provides State news reports on State legislation and regulations. • Provides up to the minute information on healthcare reform, including information status of Healthcare Exchange implementation actions for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. • Provides the ability to send email updates of new developments in selected issue areas.   Capability Statement / Information Sought: Interested businesses are encouraged to respond to this notice. However, be advised that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of respondents' ability to perform the specific work as required. Responses must directly demonstrate the company's experience and/or ability to satisfy the minimum requirements listed above. Instructions for Responding to this Sources Sought Notice Responses to this notice shall include a Statement of Qualifications/Capabilities Statement package, as well as the cover letter. The cover letter shall, at a minimum, include the following information: 1. Response to Sources Sought Notice 2. Vendor's Company Name, Address, Contact Person Information; 3. Vendor's DUNS Number; and 4. Business Size and Size Standard / Classification relative to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 519130. OPM requests that the capability statement, which is the response to questions below, not exceed ten (5) single spaced pages. Please note that the collection of this data does not obligate the U.S. Government to the incorporation of the solicited comments in any future procurement action nor does it obligate the Government to the procurement of any services or products related to this notice. Proprietary information should not be included in the responses, further, responses to this notice will not be returned. Interested parties shall address the following when responding: 1. Company History, including past and present 2. Describe your company's understanding of OPM's requirement. 3. Describe your company's ability to meet or exceed OPM's requirements listed in the attached Statement of Objectives. 4. Describe any other services you would offer. Information Submission Instructions: All Capability Statements sent in response to this sources sought notice MUST be submitted electronically (via email) to the following: Carrie M. Lopez Contract Specialist Email: Carrie.Lopez@opm.gov All responses shall be in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), and submitted by 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on April 29, 2012. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Additional Information: There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, to make an award(s), or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties in support of any effort in response to this sources sought notice. Any information submitted in response to this sources sought notice is strictly voluntary. This sources sought notice is for information planning purposes and the Government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for information submitted. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. All documentation shall become the property of the Government. Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional information is available and any request for additional information will be disregarded.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: See Description, Washington, District of Columbia, 20415, United States
- Zip Code: 20415
- Zip Code: 20415
- Record
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