SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Legislative Subscription Service
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Department of Defense Education Activity, DoDEA Headquarters Procurement Branch, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, 22350, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22350
- Solicitation Number
- HH601014RCPD014
- Point of Contact
- Milinda T. Knight, Phone: 5713721359
- E-Mail Address
-
milinda.knight@hq.dodea.edu
(milinda.knight@hq.dodea.edu)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Purchase request number: HH601014RCPD014 2. Contracting Activity: Department of Defense Education Activity, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22350-1400 3. Authority Cited: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available 4. Description of supplies and/or services: The Department of Defense Education Activity has a requirement to track, search, interpret and analyze congressional legislative activity to include searching and editing functions with key federal documents and transcripts. This legislative information is required on an instantaneous basis to provide DoDEA the tools to comply and update their own internal rules and regulations. 5. Proposed contractor: CQ-Roll Call Incorporated, 77 K Street NE, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20002 6. Reason for Authority Cited: CQ Roll Call is the only vendor that offers a comprehensive customized legislative subscription service that meets DoDEA's requirements. CQ Roll Call services offer a unique combination by giving the user the ability to create and update personal search lists, create email alerts for vote and member reports, and integrate web based tracking services with news and analysis of key federal documents and transcripts. CQ Roll Call services are unique due to the comprehensive amount of services offered. No other vendor can meet all of DoDEA's needs. 7. Market Research: Market research was conducted and identified Capitol Impact, Inveritas and CQ Roll Call that provide legislative tracking services. Of the three mentioned only CQ Roll Call provides the unique combination of tracking customization, searching, and analysis of key federal documents and services that are essential to meet DoDEA's needs. Such services which are selected by DoDEA and packaged together to meet DoDEA's growing needs. 8. Will these same supplies and/or services be needed again? Yes. Monitoring congressional legislative activity is an ongoing need at DoDEA. Market research will be conducted annually to determine if there is an alternative vendor that will meet DoDEA's future requirements. 9. Price reasonableness: The total estimated cost of this subscription $74,985.00 which includes two option years. This estimate is based on previous contracts that were awarded to CQ Roll Call that include discounts that were afforded to the Federal Government. List price for this subscription is approximately $86,115. DoDEA will make every effort to obtain the best possible price in the commercial market place.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DoDEA/ArlingtonVA/HH601014RCPD014/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, 22350, United States
- Zip Code: 22350
- Zip Code: 22350
- Record
- SN03417497-W 20140710/140708234854-382ab24378084b99cb15ca9e20ecb4b1 (fbodaily.com)
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