SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- BULLETIN NEWS SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 519190
— All Other Information Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH11370356L
- Response Due
- 1/13/2011
- Archive Date
- 1/5/2012
- Point of Contact
- Sandra P. Bruce, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-3936, Fax 301-286-0357, Email sandra.p.bruce@nasa.gov - Susan B. Rambo, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-286-0418, Fax 301-286-0366, Email susan.b.rambo@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Sandra P. Bruce
(sandra.p.bruce@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/HQ has a requirement for a news clipping service to provide key staff membersand agency field centers with a comprehensive review of the days major news stories fromsources including national and local television, national and local newspapers, newswires, Internet publications, magazines, legal journals, television, radio, and specialtypress. This service must include, but not limited to, analysts to find and reviewarticles and broadcasts from all major (and most smaller) daily newspapers, national television, cable news, local television markets, newsweeklies, relevant magazines andjournals, internet sites, and specialty press to determine which aspects of each story,if any, are important to the various constituencies within NASA; edit out allredundant/irrelevant information; and interweave important information from all sourcesand provide to NASA HQ by 7:30 a.m. EST each weekday. NASA intends to purchase this service from Bulletin News pursuant to FAR 13.106,determined to be reasonably available from only one source, as they are the only knownvendor to provide the required comprehensive news clipping service.This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP).The Government intends to acquire a commerical item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to Susan Rambo at susan.b.rambo@nasa.gov, no later than 4:30 p.m.eastern standard time on January 13, 2011. Such capabilities/qualifications will beevaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct thisprocurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to competethis proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to thisnotice, 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.The installation Ombudsman is Christopher T. Jedrey, Headquarters, Mailstop 4J82,Washington, DC 20024, Voice: 202-358-0483; Fax: 202-841-5715, Email:Christopher.T.Jedrey@nasa.gov.Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested partiesmust try to resolve their concern with the contract specialist or the contractingofficer.DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION
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- Record
- SN02354738-W 20110107/110105234101-501540f5930cc6616558cffeb1495516 (fbodaily.com)
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