SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE - MORNING STAR
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2022 1:45:35 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- FA8604 AFLCMC PZI WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH 45433-7228 USA
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7228
- Solicitation Number
- FA860422QB034
- Response Due
- 8/18/2022 11:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Melissa Sanders, Eric A. Johnson
- E-Mail Address
-
melissa.sanders.5@us.af.mil, eric.johnson.93@us.af.mil
(melissa.sanders.5@us.af.mil, eric.johnson.93@us.af.mil)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, Morningstar Investment Management LLC, under the authority of AFFARS 5313.501(a)(1)(ii), 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901), on or about 30 September 2022.� The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 30 September 2022 � 29 September 2023.� FSC: 7630 NAICS: 519130 Size Standard: 1,000 employees Subscription name: � The Morningstar Investment Research Center Supplier name: Morningstar Investment Management LLC Product description: The Morningstar Investment Research Center is a database that specializes in providing investment information and instruction on investment management. Morningstar offers daily market updates and allows its users to customize their searches to meet their personal investment needs. They publish a monthly e-newsletter to help customers navigate the investment field, and their Investment Classroom offers over 100 courses on stocks, bonds, and portfolio building to help new investors understand the basics of investment. Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered: Must be able to provide 4 monthly newsletters with a 12-month archive Must be able to provide daily articles published and archived covering market updates, personal finance/retirement, in-depth fund, stock, etf analyst reports, and college savings plans. Needs to be able to provide daily videos published and archived videos covering market updates, personal finance/retirement, college savings plans. Needs to be able provide basic to advanced courses for Stocks, Funds, Portfolios and Bonds. Quiz at the end of each level to test knowledge. Must be able to interface with all 4 service branch library and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices. Must work with contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons. Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Military OneSource/Other, and Navy) Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks Website certificates should be RSA 2048-bits (SHA256withRSA) Must be able to interface with the Air Force Portal, Army Knowledge Online (AKO), Marine Corps, Military OneSource, and Navy Digital Library (NDL) and the DoD Library Service Platform This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations.� However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government.� The Government will consider responses received within 5 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603.� If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply.� A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.� Contractors should be aware of the following information: Contractors must include the following information: � � � � � � � � a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers. � � � � � � � � b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above. � � � � � � � � c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone. � � � � � � � � d. Company CAGE Code or Unique Entity Identifier Number.� � � � 2. If this posting specifically references brand name products, offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those specifically referenced. �Responses must address how the alternate product meets the product characteristics specified above. � � � 3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED. � � � 4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format.. Responses should be emailed to Melissa Sanders at melissa.sanders.5@us.af.mil and Eric Johnson at eric.johnson.93@us.af.mil no�� later�� than�� 23 August�� 2022,�� 2:00�� PM�� EST. Any questions should be directed to Melissa Sanders through email.
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