Legal News Subscription

March 31, 2021: This notification is amended to post the SEC's responses to questions - Please see attached. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is issuing this notice to seek sources for a Legal News subscription that covers litigation and legislative and regulatory developments in business practice areas and includes a searchable online interface that provides users the ability to initiate alerts and daily newsletters delivered by e-mail. The SEC is seeking information from sources that currently have a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) subscription that meets all requirements in Attachment 1 - Draft Requirements List. The SEC will only accept responses from companies that currently have a COTS subscription that can meet all of the requirements in Attachment 1 and have active registration is the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov). Each respondent to this Sources Sought notice shall provide the following: 1. Summary/cover letter (limited to 3 pages) with following company information: Business name and address; Name of company representative and their business title; Business size and any whether company has any current socio-economic classifications (e.g. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Cage Code and DUNS; Contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the product and service, to General Service Administration (GSA), GSA MOBIS, NIH, NASA SEWP, FEDLINK, Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), or any other Government Agency contract vehicle. (This information is for market research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice.) 2. A description of your company's COTS Legal News subscription which demonstrates it meets all of the SEC's data requirements (limit 7 pages). Merely restating the requirements is not sufficient. 3. A sample of a recent (within past month) daily newsletter from the subscription. 4. A price estimate for enterprise subscription of the requirements listed in Attachment 1. The price estimate shall be inclusive of all pricing and licensing fees. DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personal reviewing sources sought responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified. Question and Response Deadline: All questions regarding this notice must be submitted to Temeka Thompson (ThompsonTe@sec.gov) and Jeremy Garrett (garrettj@sec.gov) by no later than 3:00 PM ET on March 29, 2021. All responses to this notice must be submitted to Temeka Thompson (ThompsonTe@sec.gov) and Jeremy Garrett (garrettj@sec.gov) by no later than 3:00 PM ET on April 5, 2021. All responses must include: 1. Summary/cover letter 2. Description of Legal News COTS subscription 3. Sample of Daily Newsletter 4. Price estimate.