99 -- Congressional Information Services

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) seeks to award a two-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for congressional information services, specifically for 17 users. The contract covers a base year plus one option year within the period of October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2012. FEMA’s Office of Legislative Affairs requires access to an online daily publication that provides comprehensive coverage on homeland security news, analysis, congressional bills related to homeland security, schedules, key contacts, and primary source documents. The selected provider must also be capable of delivering Congressional hearing transcripts within one day. This contract is intended to be awarded as a commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12 and utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in FAR Part 13, asserting the authority of a sole source acquisition via 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), indicating that only one source is deemed responsible to fulfill these requirements. Interested parties with the capability to supply the required publications must submit their qualifications in writing by 4:30 p.m. local time on August 19, 2007. The government will use these submissions solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral submissions are not accepted, and the government retains discretion to award the contract without competition if deemed appropriate. The contract solicitation is managed by the Incident Support Section of DHS, with Marolyn S. Cross serving as the point of contact. The contract references NAICS code 519190 and is focused on servicing the DHS office located in Washington, DC.