Instructions_to_Offerors.docx

Attachment 2 Instructions to Offerors The offeror shall provide the following:

- Technical ability to provide online congressional monitoring services related to news, schedules and analysis, advanced federal legislation tracking, reporting and notification and specialty legislative services. The technical volume shall not exceed 5 pages.

- Price volume. The offeror shall provide a fixed price proposal for nine users for 12 months. The price submission shall not exceed 1 page.

- Past Performance. The offeror shall submit a past performance submission that includes three (3) recent and relevant projects completed similar in scope and magnitude to this one. The past performance submission shall not exceed 2 pages.

52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i) Technical capability of the service offered to meet the Government requirement;

(ii) Price; and

(iii) Past performance.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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