Request For Quotation FHF-24-Q-0015.pdf

Request for Quote (RFQ) FHF-24-Q-0015 News Intelligence and News Clippings

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation and request for quotes (RFQ) for commercial products or commercial services in accordance with the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, with FAR part 12 taking precedence per FAR 13.500(b)’s reference to FAR 12.102(c). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation with quotes requested.

This requirement is considered unrestricted under NAICS code 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services with a 1,000 employee size standard; therefore, any qualified, responsible vendor may submit a quote.

Questions, Suggested Alternate Terms, and Answers Quoters are invited to submit any questions or suggested alternate terms (including changes to the solicitation, contract clauses, statement of assumptions, or other terms). FHFA will consider all input and attempt to balance the needs of all parties.

Questions or other suggested changes must be submitted by December 7, 2023, 2:00 pm Eastern Time, by email to Jennifer.Sellers@fhfa.gov. Questions, any written responses, or amendments will be posted at the Contract Opportunities webpage (please see https://sam.gov/content/opportunities for more information).

FAR References Any FAR clauses or provisions referenced may be obtained at www.acquisition.gov/far. Also, any reference to offeror or offer has the same meaning as quoter or quote for this solicitation.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2023-06, December 4, 2023.

Submission Instructions Quoters shall be registered in the System for Award Management as stated in FAR 52.204- 7(b)(1).

Therefore, FAR 52.204-7 and FAR 52.204-16 are hereby incorporated by reference into the solicitation.

A Quoter that is not actively registered in the System for Award Management at the time of quote submission will not have its quote considered and will not be eligible for award.

Each Quoter shall submit an electronic quotation (Volumes I and II in separate files) to Jennifer.Sellers@fhfa.gov.

The electronic quotation shall include any scanned copies of signatures associated with the quotation.

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Each email quotation including attachments cannot exceed 50 MB because it may be rejected by FHFA’s server. If your entire quotation exceeds 50MB in size, please divide your quotation into appropriate smaller emails.

If a Quoter chooses to submit a quotation, the quote must remain valid for a minimum of 90 calendar days.

Quotes are due no later than 2:00 pm Eastern Time, on December 20, 2023. Late submissions, modifications, and revisions will be managed in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f).

FHFA’s Contracting Officer reserves the right to reject the quotation as non-compliant if the quotation takes exception to any of the terms of the RFQ, includes assumptions, or does not conform to the RFQ’s submission instructions.

All quotations must include a cover page addressing the following information:

1. RFQ Number

2. Quoter’s Name

3. Subcontractor Name(s), If Applicable

4. Quoter Tax Identification Number (TIN)

5. Quoter System for Award Management (SAM) Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)

6. Contact Name

7. Contact Email address

8. Contact telephone number

9. Complete business mailing address

10. The following statement “The Quoter takes no exception and completely accepts all the terms and conditions in the RFQ and subsequent amendments.”

Volume I: Technical Quotation The Quoter’s technical submission should demonstrate the firm’s capability to perform the work requirements outlined in the Attachment A. Volume I shall include separate sections within the volume outlining the following items:

Technical Capability. The Technical Capability shall describe and demonstrate the Quoter’s capability, in narrative form, to fulfill the overall requirements identified in Section 4.0 and Section 5.0 of Attachment A – Statement of Work.

Quoters shall separately address each task; this includes disclosure of any source listed in the Appendix the Quoter does not currently have access to. If a Quoter does not currently have access to a listed mandatory source, the Quoter shall affirm they will have access by time of award.

Additionally, each Quoter shall submit a sample deliverable of its news clips with summaries based on the 11/27/2023 date, representing what FHFA can expect during contract performance.

Past Performance. FHFA will evaluate recent and relevant past performance of each Quoter.

This past performance may include prime or subcontractors you consider most relevant in demonstrating your ability to perform the proposed effort. However, you must include at least one reference for any subcontractor that will perform a large portion of the work.

Quoters may submit up to three (3) examples of contracts performed by the Quoter or subcontractors, demonstrating recent and relevant past performance. Recent is defined as within the last 3 years from the date of this RFQ. Relevant is defined as work similar in scope, complexity and magnitude to that identified in the work requirements defined in Attachment A – Statement of Work; particularly, recent experience with federal housing industry, housing finance, and/or financial regulators. Please include the following information, limited to no more than two (2) pages:

1) Customer Name and Address

2) Contract Number/Contract Title/Contract Type

3) Delivery Schedule/Period of Performance

4) Contract Value

5) Description of the work performed

6) Customer Point of Contact (Name, Telephone Number and Address) for Business Manager and/or Technical Manager

7) Contracting Officer’s (or Private Sector Equivalent) name, telephone number and email address.

8) Current status, e.g. completed and/or in progress, start and estimated completion dates.

9) A brief narrative of why your firm believes this reference is relevant to the proposed order

FHFA may use any other available information in the evaluation of past performance.

Page Limitation. Excluding cover pages and the sample deliverable, the technical quote (including all non-price factors and other attachments) is limited to 10 pages. The font and format should be of readable quality. Excessively small font may be rejected or not evaluated at the Contracting Officer’s discretion.

Quoters shall not include any price information in the technical quotation. For the overall technical quotation, a recitation or paraphrasing of the requirements already identified in the work requirements will not improve the quotation.

Volume II- Price Quotation Each Quoter shall submit a price quotation separate from the technical quotation (Volume I).

The price quotation shall include the following:

A clear estimated price breakdown (Attachment B) of the firm fixed price. Only the final firm fixed price will be considered binding at contract award. FHFA will evaluate the total quoted price for reasonableness.

Page Limitation. There is no page limitation on the price quote submission.

Volume III- Representations and Certifications Quoters shall submit representations and certifications per FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the quoter shall complete electronically).

Evaluation and Selection Process Since this award is made under the policies of FAR part 12 in conjunction with FAR part 13 procedures, the evaluation process is streamlined, and FHFA has considerable flexibility in its award decision. FHFA will evaluate the quotation considering positive attributes, negative attributes, and potential risk of the overall quotation.

During the evaluation process, FHFA may or may not conduct exchanges. If FHFA conducts exchanges, such exchanges may be with one, several, or all Quoters. Exchanges may vary based on FHFA’s need to understand or give Quoters an opportunity to improve their quotations, but all exchanges will be fair and equitable.

Only Quoters whose quotes receive an overall technical rating of acceptable or higher will be considered for award. Following an evaluation and, if necessary, tradeoff analysis, FHFA may make one or more than one award based on the quote(s) that is (are) evaluated to be the best value and determined responsible. While not guaranteed, at the current time, FHFA intends to make one (1) award.

FHFA reserves the right to make an award based on other than the lowest quoted price.

Technical (Volume I) is more important than price (Volume II); however, the importance of price as a factor could become greater if competing quotations are evaluated as technically equal.

List of Attachments

Attachment A Statement of Work Attachment B Price Worksheet Attachment C Contract Format and Clauses Attachment D Question and Answer Template

Past Performance. FHFA will evaluate recent and relevant past performance of each Quoter. This past performance may include prime or subcontractors you consider most relevant in demonstrating your ability to perform the proposed effort. However, yo...