As a result of NRC's evaluation of responses received from sources sought notice OPA-13-ENC that was posted on www.fbo.gov, the NRC is conducting this acquisition as a total small business set-aside. The NRC intends to solicit and award a FAR Part 12 Commercial Item contract consisting of a base period of one year plus three (3) one-year options to extend the term of the contract for a contractor to provide the following: - a daily briefing/summary to NRC by 7:00am Eastern Time each work day, accessible by an IP-protected website and included in a searchable archive, that provides information related to nuclear power, nuclear materials, nuclear security and other news of interest to the NRC NRC that is produced in the English language by domestic and international news outlets and blogs from printed and broadcast sources and weave them into an easy to read narrative summary; and - up-to-date social media analytics usina a platform that can be made accessible to NRC staff and can be customized to capture the most relevant information. The solicitation and related amendments will be posted on www.fbo.gov and will only be available by accessing them from that site. NRC anticipates that evaluation factors will include technical capability (technical approach and personnel qualifications), corporate experience, past performance information and price, with the non-price factors, when combined, being significantly more important than price. See the solicitation, which is anticipated to be posted to this site on or about August 23, 2013, will have all of the details for solicitation requirements, terms and conditions, proposal submission instructions, and evaluation factors for award and relative order of importance of those factors. An amendment with answers to questions from potential offerors will be posted on October 9, 2013. The proposal due date and time has been extended to October 24, 2013 at no later than 6:00pm Eastern Time (proposals must be received at the email addresses specified in the solicitation by that due date and time). The NRC does not intend to further extend the proposal due date and time, even though NRC will be in furlough status after today. For proposal preparation purposes, offerors should assume a contract award date of December 15, 2013, and that the period of performance for the base period for the resultant contract will start on January 2, 2014. All questions relating to this acquisition shall be directed by email to william.adams@nrc.gov, with a courtesy copy to joseph.widdup@nrc.gov.
