D -- Congressional Quarterly Subscription

The Government plans to award a sole source contract to Congressional Quarterly, Inc. to provide a commercial web-based subscription service. This subscription will grant the Military Sealift Command access to a comprehensive and searchable database containing detailed information on congressional activities such as bill updates, analyses, voting records, committee coverage including markups and testimony, member profiles, and archival data. The service also includes Senate monitoring, House action reports, congressional records, custom search functions, training, and telephone support to ensure efficient use of the resource. The contract has a base period of one year, starting October 7, 2005, and ending September 30, 2006, with the potential for three one-year extension options. The solicitation number for this effort is N00033-05-T-6025, managed by the Military Sealift Command under the Department of Defense, with the contract specialist Christina D. Cochrane serving as the point of contact. The work involves commercial item procedures and primarily involves office support functions in Norfolk, Virginia.