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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Acquisition Operations, Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick plans to award a sole-source contract to Cision US, Inc. for the provision of online News Room media management software. This award is justified under the authority allowing for non-competitive procurement due to the unique capability of Cision's platform to satisfy the agency's requirements. The software will serve the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Communications by offering a comprehensive tool for public affairs management, including media monitoring, press release distribution, a media contact database, and analytics to track outreach efforts specific to veterans. This unified platform enables data sharing across various medical centers and Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), addressing the issue of fragmented data sources previously faced by the office. The software, developed and hosted by VOCUS, falls under the NAICS code 519110 with a size standard of 500 employees. Although the notice is not a solicitation for bids or proposals, it is published to meet Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements and invite input that may influence future competitive procurements. The contract aims to maintain continuity as multiple VHA sites currently use Cision products. Interested parties were invited to submit relevant information by a specified deadline in March 2016, with no solicitation packages available and no acceptance of telephone inquiries, reflecting the non-competitive nature of the acquisition.

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Sole-source contract awarded to Cision for veterans' media management software integration.

Agency

Department Of Veterans Affairs → Sac Frederick (36C10X)

NAICS

519110 - News Syndicates

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PostedMar 4

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Sac Frederick (36C10X)

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OfficeFREDERICK, MD, 21703, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Sac Frederick (36C10X)

Office AddressFREDERICK, MD, 21703, USA

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Full Description

NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Acquisition Operations, Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick (SAC-F) intends to non-competitively award a contract to Cision US, Inc., 130 E. Randolph Street, Floor 7, Chicago, IL 60611-6164 under the authority of 41 U.S.C 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The contract is to provide online News Room media management software for VA, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Communications. Cision is currently used across multiple VHA sites. Cision is a comprehensive public affairs management tool that provides traditional and social media monitoring, press release distribution; a comprehensive media contact database, and other measurement capabilities. This allows for media targeting according to subject matter, geographic location, and tracking the performance of Veteran outreach using analytics. The common platform and format allows the compiling and exchanging of data with other VISNs, and medical centers. Without News Room, the Office of Communications would continue to have numerous stove-piped data repositories and sources. The New Room media management software is the developed and hosted by VOCUS. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this procurement is 519130. The size standard is500 employees. A justification for other than full and open competition has been prepared in support of this procurement. FBO announcement is being placed in order to satisfy requirements in FAR 5.201. The notice is not a request for competitive proposals and does not constitute a solicitation for bid or proposals. No solicitation package is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. Any information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement for any future needs of this sort. Please submit information the Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov and Contracting Officer at contact@example.gov by 4:00 pm EST, March 12, 2016.

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