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D -- COMMERCIAL ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE SOL RFP # 98-R-014 POC Contact Lawrence B.Toperoff, Contracting Officer, (202)224-1113 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, acquisitions@saa.senate.gov. The United States Senate, Office of the Sergeant at Arms, intends to issue a full and open competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) for Commercial Online Information Services during September 1998. Offerors may respond to either some or all of the requirements identified in the RFP. It is anticipated that one or more fixed price, flat fee service type contracts will be awarded to the responsible offeror(s) whose proposal is responsive to solicitation requirements and provides the best value to the Senate, price and non-price related factors considered. The initial service period of performance will be from January 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999 with five (5) one-year options. The RFP will contain a full description of services and information sources required. The RFPs, when available, will be mailed to all offerors responding to this notice. Service Requirements: Offerors must provide information services which (1) are accessible through a standard World Wide Web browser interface providing enterprise-wide access for all U.S. Senate desktops; (2) supplement existing Congressional Legislative Information Services (LIS) by providing access to a broad array of information, including, but not limited to: local, regional, national and international news and editorial analysis, federal and state legal information, business and financial topics, health and medicine, energy, the environment, politics, science and technology; and (3) other topics of current and historical interest. Offerors must offer an archive of several years in each topic. Evaluation Factors: Technical and past performance when combined are significantly more important than price. Evaluation of proposals will be based on (1) Technical (a) Technical capability of the services offered to meet the Senate requirement; Technical capability shall be evaluated qualitatively: coverage, ease of use, internal distribution rights, and non-duplication of internal information services shall be considered; (b) Past Performance in the packaging and delivery of the relevant information sources and services being procured. Past performance shall be evaluated qualitatively; (c) Delivery Terms -- ability to meet the required delivery schedule and method of delivery and (2) Price. Proposals will be due thirty (30) calendar days after RFP release date. Offerors intending to respond to this RFP must submit a brief description (not longer than 5 pages) of online information sources/services offered and contact information, including the following: name of offeror, point-of-contact, street address, e-mail address, fax and telephone numbers. Send by U.S. Mail to Lawrence B. Toperoff, Director, Acquisitions Management, Office of the Sergeant at Arms, United States Senate, Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-7201 or fax to(202) 224-2858. All such submissions must be received by COB Friday, September 11, 1998. Posted 08/31/98 (W-SN244023). (0243)

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