SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- News Briefing Service
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2018
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- 1735 N. Lynn St. Arlington VA 22209
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- 19AQMM19N0007
- Response Due
- 12/11/2018
- Point of Contact
- Raschell D. Jones, Contract Specialist, - Maureen P. Borek, Contracting Officer
- E-Mail Address
-
jonesrd@state.gov, borekMP@state.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U. S. Department of State (DoS), Office of Acquisition Management (AQM), is issuing this Sources Sought Notice, as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in, and experience to support this requirement for the Department's Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations (PA/PRS). This market research will identify potential small business sources (including 8(a) business development participants, veteran-owned small businesses, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), HUB Zone small business concerns, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small business concerns and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code assigned to this procurement is 519130. Interested firms must demonstrate in their qualifications statement that they are qualified to perform the work outlined below under this NAICS Code. This is not a solicitation announcement. This Sources Sought is a request for capability information for full time News Briefing Service. This does not constitute a request for proposals and does not bind the U.S. Department of State to any agreement, written or implied. Submission of any information to this market survey is purely voluntary. DoS assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred by respondents. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in the response. Other Important Considerations: Feedback and/or evaluation information will not be provided to any firm regarding their individual capability statements in response to the Sources Sought Notice. Capability Statement/Information Sought: As part of response, respondents should provide the following: • Ability to provide full-text news articles from the majority of US news organizations, to include newspapers, wire services, TV broadcast, news magazines and online and to use human analysts to review all content and write concise, informative news summary briefings. • Ability to deliver the required products described in the SOW at the designated required times, to include flexibility to deliver the Secretary of State's products at 5 a.m. local time wherever he/she is in the world. • Ability to deliver the daily services to Department employees for their internal use via: (i) secure transmission to the Department's password portal, INFOCENTRAL; (ii) a secure Department-specific, Contractor-hosted website; (iii) email, including PDA friendly format; and (iv) emerging technologies such as IPhone, iPad, and Kindle. • Demonstrate exceptional flexibility to adapt to the preferences of highest-level officials when world events dictate a change in topical interests or to adjust product delivery times. • Ability to provide exceptional customer service, including 24/7 access by the Department to Contractor's account managers, editors, and senior managers, to permit last-minute changes to topics, deadlines, and specific guidance on stories to be included and the extent of coverage desired. • A sample of work products done for current clients that are similar in scope and nature to the SOW. In accordance with the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW), provide information relevant to past performance history detailing current/former experience with types of work similar in scope and/or government contracts of similar nature, including with cabinet agency level officials. If your company has the capacity to perform the services outlined above, please provide the following information: Organization name, address, email address, web site address, telephone number, point of contact, size of business, qualified small business category and certification, type of ownership (including country of ownership) for the organization, DUNS Number, Cage Code, SAM information. Request your company submit any GSA Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) with schedule number and/or other Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) that would permit the company to perform under the given NAICS/requirement description. Information Submission instructions: The deadline for submitting questions directly related to this announcement is 1:00 PM EST. on December 5, 2018 and shall be emailed to JonesRD@state.gov and borekMP@state.gov. The words "News Briefing Service," must appear in the subject line. The deadline for submitting capability statements relating to this announcement is 1:00 PM EST December 11, 2018. Responses are limited to ten (10) pages. All responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically to JonesRD@state.gov and borekMP@state.gov via email and shall have the words "News Briefing Service" in the subject line. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged. No mail courier responses will be accepted. If a solicitation is released, it will be via FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the website for any information that may pertain to this Sources Sought Notice or a future solicitation. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (30-NOV-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/A-LM-AQM/A-LM-AQM/19AQMM19N0007/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20520
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20520
- Record
- SN05163735-F 20181202/181130230020 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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