SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) enterprise level, online system that provides media monitoring, media analysis, a media data base and press release distribution subscription/service
- Notice Date
- 6/25/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541910
— Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
- Contracting Office
- ACC-RSA - (SPS), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W9124P-15-P-2012
- Response Due
- 7/9/2015
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2015
- Point of Contact
- Gaeth, Paul R., 254-371-1549
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-RSA - (SPS)
(paul.r.gaeth.mil@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MARKET SURVEY PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT; THEREFORE REQUEST FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This Sources Sought announcement serves to notify industry of technical services required by the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) for an existing Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) online application that provides a media intelligence subscription/service. HQ AMC is conducting market research in accordance with FAR 10.001 to determine feasibility of a competitive acquisition and to identify potential sources that can field an existing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) enterprise level, online system that provides media monitoring, media analysis, a media data base and press release distribution subscription/service. This COTS system will provide Army Materiel Command's (AMC's) Public and Congressional Affairs (PCA) office an application that provides customized reporting to the client's needs. The application must have the ability to automatically filter and quickly view, organize, prioritize and transmit reports. The effort is expected to include, but not be limited to the following: a.Provides a subscription/service at a flat-fee with no variable costs. b.Allow users to customize search criteria and key words as well as have the ability to add, edit or delete keywords at any point during the period of subscription/service. c.Provides a fully consultative service who works with their clients on an individual basis, assessing needs and tailoring their system accordingly. Assigns a dedicated account management team throughout the clients subscription/service. These personal consultants are available to all account users and provide advice and assistance throughout the subscription period. d.Subscription/service provides an unlimited amount of storage to archive an unlimited amount of articles at no additional cost. e.Provide one platform package that includes all three services of distribution, archiving, and translation of news articles. f.Subscription/service provides a translation tool to translate media monitoring in other countries. g.Provide the ability to create searches in foreign languages and characters to capture a full global picture of local, state, country, and international media. h.Subscription/service provides a real-time, up-to-the-minute option that will deliver news immediately after its publication based on the account built criteria. i.Subscription/service provides the client with the ability to create ad-hoc statistics and graphical breakdown on any coverage regardless of whether the coverage was being tracked previously or not. j.Provide the ability to track historical data within a minimum of the past five years on any topic or keyword and provide a break out of the coverage by source or by outlet. k.Provide a media database of journalists in the United States that includes a journalist search by name, outlet, beat, or location. Interested parties who have the capability to provide the requested services should respond to this announcement in writing and shall be limited to 20 pages which shall include the following information: - Offerors name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address - Offerors interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued - Offerors CAGE Code, business size, (if a small business, please indicate whether HUB Zone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), etc...) - Provide any other pertinent information that will assist the Government in this assessment. All responses shall be submitted to the US Army Contracting Command, ATTN: CCAM-ES-I, Building 5303 Martin Road, 2nd Floor, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 or paul.r.gaeth.mil@mail.mil. Your response is required no later than 5:00 PM CDT 09 July 2015. All questions and comments must be in writing (electronic e-mail responses are acceptable), and no telephone calls will be accepted. The submission of this information is for planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, nor does the US Army intend to award on the basis of this request for Sources Sought or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Contracting Office Address: ACC-RSA - (IT Divsion), ATTN: CCAM-ES-I, Building 5303 2nd Floor, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 Place of Performance: Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 Point of Contact(s): SSG Gaeth, Paul @ paul.r.gaeth.mil@mail.mil ACC-RSA - (IT Divsion)
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-RSA - (SPS) ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
- SN03776841-W 20150627/150626000012-463aa5811ef98c45c7ce6179aec53a37 (fbodaily.com)
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