Electronic Subscription Access to a News Aggregator and Business Database

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for the acquisition of an Electronic Subscription Access to a News Aggregator and Business Database.

The Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, Library (hereafter IRS Counsel Library) seeks an electronic resource that aggregates news from global news sources in near real-time, provides archival coverage of global news content, provides alerting services, and provides information about businesses worldwide. (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii)

Solicitation Number: 5000198399 Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements described in this synopsis AND the attached Solicitation (SF1449) are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote. Offerors may utilize the attached SF1449 to complete quote information in addition to a separate quote (in PDF format); ensuring the quote contains information and pricing for all contract line items (CLINs) included on the SF1449.

Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the requirements detailed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall submit quotes via email. This solicitation document is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

The procurement is being competed on a full and open competition basis utilizing policies and procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services in conjunction with FAR Part 8 - Required Sources of Supplies and Services and FAR Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation.

The anticipated period of performance for this requirement shall be a base period of 1-year (September 30, 2024 – September 29, 2025), with four (4) 12-month option periods after Base Period. The applicable NAICS Code is 519290 “Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services” with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be provided. The Point of Contact for this solicitation is the Contract Specialist, Ebenezer Owusu.

Questions about the solicitation must be emailed to ebenezer.k.owusu@irs.gov and tonitta.l.jones@irs.gov on or before 1:00 PM Eastern Time (ET), September 25, 2024. Questions received may or may not be answered, and if answered, will be answered through an amendment to the solicitation. The government reserves the right not to answer questions received past the date specified.

The closing date for quotes in response to the solicitation is 1:00 PM ET, September 26, 2024. Quotes shall be submitted via email to ebenezer.k.owusu@irs.gov and tonitta.l.jones@irs.gov.