R -- Congressional Quarterly

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, through Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of Treasury, intends to issue on a sole source basis, a simplified acquisition to Congressional Quarterly, 1255 22nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, to obtain CQ.com OnCongress Services. The service will provide access to the following data-sources for 12 users: CQ Today, CQ Schedules, CQ Weekly, CQ Greensheets, CQ BillAnalysis, CQ BillTrack, CQ Committee Coverage, CQ Committee Rosters, CQ Floor Votes, CQ House Action Reports, CQ Member Profiles, CQ Record Scanner, CQ Senate Watch, CQ Bill Text, CQ Committee Reports, Committee Testimony, CQ Bill Text Comparisons, CQ Archives, Custom Lists Searches and Alerts, Congressional Record, Congressional Transcripts, CRS Bill Digest, Homeland Security 12 users, and the BNN Front Runner. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE. Public Debt will consider all affirmative responses received no later than 2:00 pm, EDT on September 10, 2003. Affirmative responses shall be accompanied by sufficient documentation to clearly show the ability to provide the required online subscriptions at terms more advantageous to the Government. Request for more information or a copy of the solicitation will not be considered affirmative responses. If no affirmative response is received that clearly demonstrates their ability to meet all requirements and that it is more advantageous to the Government, we will make a sole source award to Congressional Quarterly. Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. If the Internet option is not available to you, you may receive a hard copy of the solicitation and any amendments (via U.S. Mail) by faxing your request to +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mailing your request to contact@example.gov.