FA481422Q0002 Performance Work Statement 14 Dec 21.docx

UNCLASSIFIED

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

ON-LINE LEGISLATIVE TRACKING AND CONGRESSIONAL NEWS SERVICE

14 December 2021

U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) is seeking an on-line congressional information collaboration tool based service that provides comprehensive, nonpartisan coverage of Congressional activities.

The USCENTCOM Office of Legislative Affairs (LA) is responsible for discharging all legislative functions for USCENTCOM. The online congressional information collaboration tool will enable LA to prepare the Commander for personal appointments, mandated Congressional Hearings and Testimony that relate to the Congress of the United States, and to search daily news and all legislation that have impact to USCENTCOM equities. To assist in performing these responsibilities, the office requires a single (password protected) web service that offers all of the following content, tools and features. Capabilities of any service must include all of the following requirements with no exceptions:

1. Access for up to 12 licensed users in LA at various locations along with phone/web training and support (by request).

2. The ability for all users to create and easily update personal search lists (i.e., bill numbers, laws, members, hearing schedules, floor votes and committees).

· Users must be able to use saved lists in creating e-mail alerts, vote and member reports and for searching all available content, including global searching.

3. The ability for each registered user to create and update personally custom e-mail alerts so they receive new information pertinent to their interest areas based on their delivery preferences (including same-day availability).

· Alert options must include keywords, bills, committees, subcommittees and members.

· E-mail results must be stored online for two weeks.

· Each users must have the ability to combine separate alerts into a single email alert to be delivered daily (by e-mail) at the times of their choosing.

4. The ability for each registered user to annotate documents, create personal folders, save specific documents and add notes for future reference.

5. Round-the-clock comprehensive and nonpartisan reporting and analysis on all major congressional activity, action, floor activity, markups, hearings, and conference committee negotiations.

· On average, not counting recess or major holidays, provider must offer an average of 30-50 copyrighted stories daily.

· Users must be able to search 10 years of news content by keywords, bill numbers, members, committees, subjects and date.

6. Round-the-clock advanced tracking of events around Washington and including congressional hearings and other action on Capitol Hill.

· Event listings must include dates, times, locations, agendas, contact information and witnesses (when applicable) with a searchable archive dating back 10 years.

· Event listings must integrate with electronic calendars (outlook) and have an automatic e-mail feature alerting users of any changes to selected events (i.e. date, time, location).

7. A weekly online publication offering in-dept stories on the Congressional policy-making process with integrated access to the status of appropriations, vote charts, sidebar stories, profiles of members coded in the story, bill status charts and related documents.

· Must include a searchable archive of prior stories dating back to 10 years.

8. Detailed reports on floor activity and actions in the House of Representatives.

· Must include a daily report offering a forward looking projection of what is going to happen on the House floor the following day and outline any amendments and motions that are expected to be offered.

· Must include a forward-looking weekly report (available on Saturday) offering summaries and analysis of every bill scheduled for floor consideration for the upcoming week with supplements being made available for major changes throughout the week.

· Must include floor and conference summaries in addition to a detailed report on any major bill on the House floor along with background information, cost estimates and fact tables.

9. A daily summary of scheduled and expected Senate floor action searchable by keyword, bill number, member, subject, date and law number.

10. Access to all new and updated CRS Reports, as well as CRS reports for 10 years, as they become available. CRS Reports must be full text searchable and alertable with 20 years of reports available.

11. One to three page summaries of major legislation with update available after major committee action occurs.

· Analysis must include a synopsis of the bill, key highlights, background information and an outlook with archives dating back to the 104th Congress.

· Users must be able to request up to five reports to be created by the vendor within 48 hours.

12. Daily electronic newsletter, delivered by 7am CST, that tracks and analyzes the federal budget and appropriations process.

· The newsletter must include updates on the status of appropriations along with in-dept news and analysis and links to source documents outlining appropriation bills and earmarks.

13. Access to comprehensive biographies of every member of Congress.

· Biographies must provide a detailed 3-4 page summary of the members background, their view in Washington and overview of their district.

· Full bio must include staff contact information (with office locations, titles, responsibilities, e-mail address and phone numbers), social media, descriptions on their states and districts, voting and electoral histories, committee assignments, government contract data, grant information, major employers, legislative priorities, interest group ratings, recent news, bills sponsored and cosponsored, floor speeches, committee amendments offered and a link to the member’s homepage.

· Must provide the ability for users to build custom member reports for select members and profile sections.

14. Detailed fact files on members of Congress including birthdays, birthplaces, education, social media accounts, pronunciation guide, religions, spouses, women members, photo directory, phone, fax, rooms, web, e-mail addresses, committee rosters, seniority, military veterans, chamber seating chart, YouTube House & Senate hub, next election dates, district maps and updated congressional calendar.

15. A database providing status and chronologies of every bill in Congress for the past 10 years.

· Must include the ability to track all draft appropriation and authorization bills (like the National Defense Authorization Act) for the coming year prior to introduction.

· Capabilities must allow for e-mail alerts to be sent to users for same-day bill action based on keywords, bill number, committee, sponsors, co-sponsors, chamber, legislative stage and date introduced.

· Legislative histories must include links to relevant information such as amendment text, news, analysis and government reports (ex: CBO, GAO and CRS).

16. A searchable and e-mail alertable database of every bill introduced in Congress and the various versions of each since the 110th Congress – updated daily. The database must include the ability to search by keywords, bill numbers, members, committees, sponsors, chamber, legislative stage, date introduced, bill version date, appropriation bills and fiscal year.

· Users must be able to run a report at anytime that identifies the differences in language between bill text documents and compare the wording found in two versions of the same bill, in two different bills or in selected sections of any two bill versions.

17. A full text searchable and e-mail alertable database of every Committee Report dating back to the 110th Congress – updated daily.

· Must include the ability to search by keywords, bill numbers, committees, publication date, committee type (House, Senate, Joint & Conference), report number, appropriation bills and fiscal year.

· All tables and charts in Appropriation and Authorization Committee Reports must be converted to HTML format to allow for full text searching and the ability to receive e-mail alerts on specific line-items and earmarks.

· Reports must also be available in PDF.

18. A fill text searchable and e-mail alertable database of the official Congressional Record dating back to the 110th Congress – updated daily.

· Must allow option to search the record by keywords, bill numbers, members, publication date, chamber, congressional record page numbers, amendment number and congressional record categories (Senate Legislative Action, Senate Bills Introduced, Senate Amendments Introduced, Senate Co-Sponsors Added/Withdrawn, Senate Speeches and Inserts, Senate Reports Filed, Senate Procedural Matters, Senate Executive Communications, Senate Treaties and Nominations, House Legislative Action, House Bills Introduced, House Amendments Introduced, House Co-Sponsors Added/Withdrawn, House Speeches and Inserts, House Reports Filed, House Procedural Matters, House Executive Communications, Daily Digest (Senate and House)).

19. A full text searchable and e-mail alertable database of every CRS Bill Digest (the official synopsis of legislation) dating back to the 110th Congress – updated daily.

· Must allow the ability to search by keywords, bill numbers, members, publication date, words in bill title, sponsors, chamber, legislative stage, date introduced, appropriation bills and fiscal year.

20. A full text searchable and e-mail alertable database of all floor votes since 110th Congress – updated daily.

· The database must clearly outline how every member voted on the House and Senate floors and include a brief description of each vote, the vote count and final outcome including members who abstained.

· Vote breakdowns must appear within two hours of each vote concluding in the respective chamber.

· Access to a tool that allows a user to compare any set of votes (since the 110th Congress) and any set of members in the House or Senate, and pull together reports showing the positions of how members voted compared to each other and the party line.

21. A full text searchable and e-mail alertable database offering analysis of every open committee and subcommittee markup since the 110th Congress.

· Database must be updated daily with full reports posted within 24 hours of event.

· The report summary must include analysis on the debates and discussions as well as amendments offered, roll call vote breakdowns, links to amendment text (if available) and voice vote outcomes.

· Database must be searchable and alertable by keyword, bill number, member, committee, subcommittee and date.

22. Full text of committee and floor amendments introduced in Congress.

· Must include a description of each amendment integrated with the specific bills legislative history and markup coverage.

23. Verbatim transcripts of selected congressional hearings.

· Transcript must be available within two-three business days (or sooner) and include all Q&A between members and witnesses.

· Transcripts must be full-text searchable and alertable by keyword, bill number, member, committee, event/action date, committee type, publication date, appropriation bills and fiscal year with an archive of content back to the 104th Congress.

24. Verbatim transcripts of newsworthy speeches, press conferences and news events with a focus on the president, Congress and federal agencies (i.e. Department of Defense, Department of State) and include the interviews of key government officials who appear on prominent television talk shows.

· Database must be searchable and alertable by keyword, bill number, member, committee, subcommittee and more with archived content since the 104th Congress.

25. A tool allowing users to request coverage of select congressional hearings with at least a one business day turnaround to upload to the website.

26. A tool allowing users to access segments of congressional and newsmaker transcripts as they are being uploaded to the website.

27. A twice daily e-mail outlining which events will be transcribed for the day and which are set for future coverage.

28. A comprehensive database of 225,000+ government documents, including selected draft bill text, press releases, “Dear Colleague” letters, White House documents, Statements of Administrative Policy , OMB, CBO and GAO documents as well as other hard-to-find reports.

· Database must be updated several times daily and searchable and e-mail alertable by keyword, bill number, member, subject, committee, subcommittee, document type and issuing agency.

· Must include available report archive dating back to the 104th Congress.

29. The ability to quickly e-mail selected documents, including bill text, news, committee reports, bill histories and floor votes from the web site to (up to) 3 individuals at a time.

30. The capabilities to expedite congressional transcripts along with the ability to consolidate Congressional quotes, tweets, press releases, and other social media coverage of U.S. Central Command areas of interest (21 countries within CENTCOM area of responsibility, DoD budget and policies, etc).

Prepared/Approved by: Tyler Ellison, Lt Col, USAF, CCDC-LA, 529-0310

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