9531BP18Q0009-Amendment_0001.pdf

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 STANDARD FORM 30. (Rev. 10-83) Previous Edition unusable Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Page of Pages AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. Contract ID Code

2. AMENDMENT MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (if applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6) CODE

(x) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (NO., Street, Country, State and ZIP Code)

CODE FACILITY CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning ______ copies of amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OR OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment your desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

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Continued from Block 14...

AND

2. Extend submission due date. All submissions are due by 5:00PM EST on August 20, 2018.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER THIS SOLICITATION REMAIN UNCHANGED.

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Answers

Is this a new requirement or is there an incumbent vendor? If available, can you please send along the incumbent contract number?

Contractor: Bloomberg Government / Contract Number: FE-13-P-035

Is there a specific number of users that we should provide pricing for? And if so, would the FEC be interested in seeing different pricing dependent upon the number of users?

FEC would like to obtain pricing based on 1-5 user licenses.

3 Does FEC require separate files for the product capabilities and features information and the pricing schedule quote?

Yes - those pages MUST be separate.

Is there a page limitation on the technical description of items being offered? Would any page limitation exclude a transmittal letter, a cover sheet and Table of Contents?

No more than 30 pages. The transmittal letter, cover sheet and TOC are excluded from the total of 30 pages.

“Instructions to Offers – Commercial Items.” Please clarify whether FEC requires a written completed copy of the reps and certs or whether a reference to updated reps and certs in the SAM system is sufficient?

FEC will accept the referenced Reps and Certs from SAM. All vendors must have their information register and active in SAM.

Please clarify whether FEC requires past performance information as an evaluation factor.

FEC will NOT be using past performance as an evaluation factor.

9531BP18Q0009 - Vendor Questions & Answers

Questions

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With regard to tracking bills, does FEC require that bill tracking can be set up by Congress number, keyword (with Boolean search options), Words in Bill Title, Bill numbers, Sponsor, Co-Sponsor(s), Committees, Chamber, Date bill introduced, Action/event date, Stage in Legislative Process, Public Law Number and Date Items added?

Yes.

Regarding Congressional Archives (Legislative histories, text of Congressional bills and all bill versions, Congressional Record, Committee Reports, Conference Reports, Congressional Hearing Transcripts, and Congressional News) – does FEC require congressional archives for the last 28 years at a minimum?

Yes.

Regarding the ability to search and track information - Does FEC require a system that provides for the highlighting of keywords in context for searches and custom email alerts to enable easy identification of relevant results?

Yes.

We assume that side-by-side- bill comparison is required to quickly see textual changes to bills as they move through Congress, with capabilities to compare 2 versions of the same bill, related bills (including versions across chambers), or the same bill in different Congresses with differences in bills highlighted. Please confirm.

Yes.

Does FEC require the ability to combine separate alerts into a single e-mail alert to be delivered daily at the times of their choosing (5am, 7am, 9am,1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm,9pm, and 11pm)?

No.

12 How many licensed users does FEC have with their current service? 1

How many licenses users does FEC need with the new contract to be awarded? FEC would like to obtain pricing based on 1-5 user licenses.

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Regarding tracking budget and appropriations bills and activities, does FEC a require comprehensive service that tracks and analyzes the federal budget and appropriations process with in depth news and updates delivered via a morning daily newsletter (delivered by 6 am) providing expert analysis and source documents outlining appropriation bills and earmarks. Must the newsletter includes hyperlinks to specific items like bill text, status and histories of legislation, bill status charts, amendments, votes, bill actions, member profiles, and public laws.

yes

Regarding coverage of committee markups does FEC require a full text searchable and email alertable database of open committee and subcommittee markups since the 101st Congress (1989), updated daily with full reports posted within 24 hours, including a description of all amendments offered with vote break downs, the text of committee amendments, and a detailed summary of the event prepared by expert reporters who are covering from inside the committee room?

yes

Regarding Hearing Transcripts and Testimony does FEC require verbatim transcripts of hearings available within 1-2 business days or sooner that include all Q&A and that are full text searchable and alertable by keyword? Does FEC require an archive of Congressional hearings back to the 101st Congress (1990)?

yes

Regarding House floor updates, does FEC require comprehensive reports that analyze every measure considered on the House floor and that provide updates from the House floor in real time including anticipated amendments, floor summaries that highlight bill changes agreed to on the House floor, Conference summaries highlighting changes to the bill made in conference published shortly after release of a conference report and detailed fact sheets for major legislation?

yes

Regarding Senate floor updates, does FEC require, at a minimum, twice daily newsletters or real time custom alerts (created with Boolean search logic for precision), providing legislative news, in depth schedule information from the Senate floor, and curated information on activities unfolding?

yes

Descript: The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate the following changes:

1. Provide Questions and Answers to vendors.

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