NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

D -- NEWSPAPER AND NEWS SERVICE MONITORING SERVICES SOL W-CWC-D-97-0544 DUE 103197 POC Robert D. Kovach, Office of Public Affairs, Phone (202) 358-0710, Fax (202) 358-4334, Email rkovach@hq.nasa.gov -- Diane Harris, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-4402, Fax (301)286-0356, Email diane.harris.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#W-CWC-D-97-0544. E-MAIL: Robert D. Kovach, rkovach@hq.nasa.gov. NASA/HQ issues this annoucement as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Newspaper and News Service monitoring services. This annoucement is the RFQ, no other printed requests will be issued. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/HQ intends to purchase the items from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Only one responsible source 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) or 41 U.S.C. 22253(c)(1). Dow Jones is the only information service that provides online and Web access to a special combination of sources: full text, same day coverage of all editions of The Wall Street Journal, The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times of London, Emerging Markets Report and real time Dow Jones Newswire. Dow Jones unique software allows for search of 3,700 sources with a single click. The contractor will monitor a unique combination of major newspapers and news services and will make available articles and news releases of interest to NASA which are reported by the news sources. The Media Services Division of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) will provide the contractor with a list of the specific newspapers and news services to be monitored. The list includes the weekday and weekend, as applicable, news reports of domestic and offshore newspapers and international news services. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 22. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. Interested firms have 15 days from the publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the identified point of contact, their qualifications / capabilities to perform the services specified above. Such qualifications / capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. (0288)

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