Treasury Online News Subscription

The U. S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Departmental Offices is conducting market research to determine available sources for a potential procurement requirement. This is NOT a formal solicitation or request for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotes. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information from industry contractors regarding their interest, capabilities, and recommendations to provide subscription services to online news. This requirement was previously posted under 2032H324N00006 and is being re-posted with a more appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICs) code of 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services. The primary purpose of this notice is to update this information and also allow an opportunity for any responses, thereto. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND. Include whether or not you are a small business; 8(a) small business; HUB Zone small business; service-disabled veteran-owned or veteran-owned small businesses; women-owned or economically disadvantaged women-owned small business; or small disadvantaged business in order to assist the Treasury in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. GENERAL PURPOSE 1.0 Purpose Treasury may have an upcoming opportunity for a web-based subscription access for up to 1,000 users to an online news source. This subscription must contain online access to 24/7 live news updates with comprehensive political and international coverage, including interactive stories. Topics covered include: Politics; Opinions; Style; Investigations; Climate; Recipes; Well+Being; Tech; Word; D.C., Md., & Va.; and Sports. Each topic is broken down into subtopics with emphasis on emerging topics. Further, the homepage highlights topics with live updates, as well as trending topics. The D.C., Md., & Va. Topic includes a breadth of local news on a variety of topics, including weather, D.C., Md., and Va. Politics, Capital Letters, Local Sports, and general local topics. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to gather information that will assist the Departmental Offices in planning, formulating, and evaluating contractor capability to provide the service described in the Technical Requirements. The Treasury Departmental Offices are also open to alternative ideas and respondents are encouraged to provide information about alternative solutions that may assist in better meeting future needs. Second, responses to this notice will help the Treasury Departmental Offices assess whether the marketplace has contractors capable of delivering the required services for Treasury's needs. 1.1 Acquisition Approach The Treasury has not determined the acquisition approach. Any results of this notice will assist the Treasury Departmental Offices and the Office of Business Solutions Acquisition (OBSA) Treasury Operations Branch (TOB) Procurement Office in determining an acquisition strategy about how to proceed. SOURCES SOUGHT REQUIREMENTS 2.0 Description of Information Requested The Treasury Library requires a subscription to be shared by all Departmental Offices to an online news service, reporting both domestic and international information, about following topics, updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This service must provide local news (political and otherwise) related to the National Capital Region (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), as well as U.S. Politics, Investigations, Climate, Tech and World topics. This access should be available twenty-four hours a day to assist with the formulation of national economic policy. The service must provide access to information that will allow Treasury to anticipate market shifts, spot trends, threats, and opportunities, and remain ahead of the curve. Therefore, request the following information to determine capability to perform in providing the aforementioned required. 1. Provide company information, to include: a. Company name and address; b. Size of company (number of personnel, total revenue, ownership, parent corporation, etc.); c. Company point(s) of contact including name, phone number, address, and email; length of time in business; d. Geographic presence; e. Company experience in providing valuation services to government or commercial entities; f. Provide any pertinent information that will assist us in this assessment (i.e., description of primary services provided). g. Contract Number and value/capacity; and h. Available Strategic Contracts (e.g., GSA, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract allowing decentralized ordering, etc.). Please identify type of - ordering contract (e.g., GSA Multiple Award Schedule, GSA Professional Service Schedule, etc.). 2.1 Technical Requirements/Scope The Contractor shall provide all services, materials, supplies, equipment, and project supervision, as required in connection with this Statement of Work (SOW). INSTRUCTIONS AND RESPONSE GUIDELINES Responses to this notice may be provided through a capabilities statement which shall include the information listed in 2.0 and 2.1. This notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Treasury to issue a request for quote or an award. Treasury does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. Contractors responding to this notice should submit the information necessary for the Treasury to make a determination that the source is capable of satisfying the Government's anticipated need. Treasury reserves the right to contact individual companies for additional information. This notice does not obligate the Treasury to provide acknowledgment or receipt of responses received resulting from this notice. Should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against the Treasury shall arise as a result of a response to this notice or the Government's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Responses should be identified with the ID #2032H325N00007 and are due no later than Friday, December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern. All interested parties must submit their responses via email to: Ramona L. Hanson, Contracting Officer via email at Ramona.L.Hanson@irs.gov. Questions (oral or written) regarding this notice will NOT be accepted, nor responses to such questions provided. This notice is for planning purposes only and does not commit the government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No solicitation document exists at this time.