SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- On-Line Legislative Tracking and Congressional News Service
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 518111
— Internet Service Providers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Mobility Command, 375th Contracting Squadron, 201 East Winters Street Building 50, Scott AFB, IL, 62225-5015
- ZIP Code
- 62225-5015
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-F3ST945108A100
- Response Due
- 6/3/2005
- Archive Date
- 6/18/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a commercial purchase using FAR Part 12 and Part 13 procedures. The following information, as required per FAR 12.603(c)(2) applies: (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The solicitation reference number is F3ST945108A100 it is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document, incorporated provisions, and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-03, effective 11 Apr 2005 and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DCN 20050422 Edition. (iv) This acquisition is set-aside 100% for small business under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 511140. The small business size standard is 500 employees. (v) CLIN: 0001, On-Line Legislative Tracking and Congressional New Services for 1 Aug 05 to 31 Jul 06, 1 year (see descripton of requirements below). PROVIDE PRICING ON THE CLIN WITH YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS RFQ. (vi) Description of requirements: 1. The purpose for the on-line legislative tracking and congressional news service is to provide the Legislative Liaison Branch (TCJ5-SL), TCJ5 Directorate, United States Transportation Command with continuous, unlimited access to the most detailed, up-to-date and focused coverage of the activities of the nation?s legislative and executive branches. The on-line news service will enable TCJ5-SL to prepare the CDR USTRANSCOM for personal appointments, mandated Congressional Hearings and Testimony that relate to the Congress of the United States, and to search defense bills for markups to TRANSCOM programs. 2. Service requirements to be provided by the on-line legislative tracking and congressional news service are outlined below: a. Comprehensive News and Analysis: 1. Exclusive Member Profiles: In-depth background analysis on all members of Congress to include their districts, committee assignments, voting records, interest group ratings, bills sponsored and co-sponsored, amendments, floor speeches, press releases; plus, up-to-date biographies with current photograph, member-name pronunciation guide, and a link to the member?s homepage. 2. House Action Reports: Coverage on all aspects of completed and upcoming House floor activities on legislation. 3. Senate Watch: Detailed summary of scheduled and potential Senate action providing essential information about legislation and leadership decisions. 4. Schedules: Detailed listings on all scheduled floor, committee and subcommittee actions to include dates, times, locations, agendas, contact information and witnesses. 5. Bill Analysis: Summaries and analyses of major bills before Congress to include prospects for passage and links to related bills, bill actions, news analysis, government documents and bill text comparison. Require ability to search key issues, such as bills and reports that are fully searchable back to at least the past 15 years. Additionally, require coverage of all open committee markups to include summaries of amendments, roll-call vote breakdowns and voice-vote outcomes, with ability to post reports within 24 hours. Committee coverage shall include listings of past hearings and meetings, with witness lists and agendas. b. Legislative Tracking: 1. Bill Track: Ability to track bills from introduction to passage with the most detailed legislative histories available to include ability to compare text of any two bills, with highlighted changes, in an easy-to-use format. 2. Floor Votes: Vote captions are to explain even the most complicated amendment vote in a few short sentences. Require current floor voting statistics within two hours of vote and access to voting records for past 15 years. 3. Bill Text: Ability to view the full text of all bill versions using keyword searches. Bill text should include links to a PDF version of the bill from the Government Printing Office web site. 4. Bill Digest: Detailed synopses of legislation with links to related news, analysis and source material. c. Sources that will provide: 1. Information for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and executive orders. 2. Official record of the proceedings and debates of Congress. 3. Archival databases which include exclusive news and analysis and source documents searchable back to at least 15 years. 4. Daily coverage of politics and policy around the nation. 5. Daily coverage of activities taking place inside the White House and the Administration. 6. Committee Testimony: Prepared witness statements as submitted to committees and subcommittees. 7. Transcripts: Immediate access to verbatim transcripts (even partial transcripts), that are updated daily, of major House and Senate committee and subcommittee hearings?specifically to defense-related hearings, speeches, press conferences, and other noteworthy news events with particular emphasis on the President, the Executive Branch, Congress, and the Pentagon. Additionally, sources will provide articles on significant activities scheduled for that day and a thorough wrap up of all previous day?s Capitol Hill news as well as interviews of key government officials on various TV talk shows, including all major and cable networks. d. Transcript Service: A service where customers can request a reporter(s) to cover any upcoming Senate, House, and Joint committee hearings, with at least a one business day turnaround to post transcript on-line. In addition, customer shall be able to make arrangements with a sales representative to request delivery of transcripts faster than one business day. e. Additional Features: 1. Advanced Search Capability: Search options to assist in locating documents, e.g., search by bill numbers, keywords, committees, subcommittees, subject, publication date, story type, etc. 2. Ability to choose any scheduled event and download to personal electronic calendars for quick tracking. Customer shall be notified automatically of any changes to scheduled events. 3. Cross-Source Searching: User-friendly links and displays that can easily search not less than 20 sources at once. Documents shall be visually clear and presentable without need for extensive reformatting. 4. Instant E-mail Alerts: Ability to customize alerts that automatically track key issues and bills. 3. Vendor shall be available daily (via hotline, voice or email) to answer questions and shall provide all training, to include refresher training on an ?as requested? basis. Additionally, vendor shall conduct all training of new customers. YOUR PRODUCT MUST MEET ALL THE SPECIFICATION LISTED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS. ANYTHING LESS IS UNACCEPTABLE. (vii) The period of performance is 1 Aug 2005 to 31 Jul 2006 at Scott AFB, IL. Inspection and acceptance will be destination and FOB point of destination. (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Provisions and clauses can be viewed through Internet access at the Air Force FAR Site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil. ADDENDA TO 52.212-1: PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION WITH YOUR QUOTE: 1. DUNS Number _________________________________________ 2. TIN Number ___________________________________________ 3. CAGE Code ___________________________________________ 4. Contractor Name _____________________________________________________ 5. Payment Terms (net 30) or Discount _____________________________________ 6. Delivery Date _________________________________________ 7. Business Size (i.e. small, women-owned, etc.)______________________________ 8. Point of Contact & Phone Number________________________________________ 9. Fax Number _____________________________________ 10. Email address___________________________________________________ 11. FOB (destination or origin)_______________________________________ (ix) Evaluation of quotes will be conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures per FAR Part 13.106. The evaluation criteria are: PRICE (x) OFFERORS MUST INCLUDE WITH THEIR QUOTE A COMPLETED COPY OF THE PROVISION AT 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS AND DFARS 252.212-7000 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATION, COMMERCIAL ITEMS WITH THEIR QUOTE. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items applies. (xii) The clause at FAR 52.212-5 (Deviation), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items applies. The following clauses apply: FAR 52.233-3, Protest after Award; FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; (xiii) The following provisions and clauses also apply and, in accordance with FAR 52.252-1 and FAR 52.252-2, are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination; DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American Act ? Balance of Payments Program Certificate; DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; DFARS 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors; In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7004, Alternate A, prior to receiving any contract award, contractors must be registered in the Central Contract Registration (CCR). If not already registered, you should immediately register with CCR via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov/. Confirmation of CCR registration must be obtained before award can be made. DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submision of Payment Requests. Department of Defense (DoD) Apropriations Act of 2001, Section 1008 Electronic Submission and Processing of Claims for Contract Payments requires that any claim for payment under a DoD contract shall be submitted in electronic form. Wide Area Workflow Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) is the DoD system of choice for implementing this statutory requirment. Use of the basic system is at NO COST to the contractor and training will be provided. Information available at no cost is located at http://www.wawftraining.com (xiv) N/A (xv) N/A (xvi) Quotes are due to: 375 CONS/LGCB ATTN: Ms. Marcia Wuebbels 201 E Winters St Bldg 50 Scott AFB IL 62225-5015 QUOTES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 3:00 P.M. CST ON 3 JUNE 2005. (xvii) The point of contact for this acquisition is Ms. Marcia Wuebbels. Her phone number is 618-256-9279; fax is 618-256-5237; e-mail address is marcia.wuebbels@scott.af.mil.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Scott AFB IL
- Zip Code: 62225
- Country: U.S.
- Zip Code: 62225
- Record
- SN00811136-W 20050521/050519212118 (fbodaily.com)
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