NOTICE OF INTENT - SOLE SOURCE _ CISION.pdf

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE - THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE

GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD FOR CISION’S

MEDIA RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOLS

The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (the agency) intends to issue a firm-fixed-price Delivery Order (DO) for Cision Ltd.’s Media Relationship Management Tools for a base period of 12 months, plus four (4) 12-month option periods. Award is anticipated to be issued via the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract under authority of FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B), Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized.

The agency has conducted market research, and based on its findings, only Cision’s Media Relationship Management Tools has the unique capabilities that meet the agency’s needs. For example:

• Only Cision allows users to view coverage in print, broadcast, and web in a SINGLE report, not separate reports for print, broadcast, and web. The agency requires a generated report that includes all the information from the multiple media outlets without the need to run various reports for each type of media.

• Only Cision provides a process wherein the agency can click on or search for a particular state (i.e. Wisconsin) and the platform will “automatically” produce a list of all media outlets in that state, including print and broadcast, which can then be exported as one whole list to an Excel file. The agency should not be expected to search for and then cut and paste individual media outlets, but rather have a search option that is easily exportable.

• Only Cision provides a media monitoring metric for individual news stories included with the basic search result, as opposed to having to perform a separate search for this metric.

• Only Cision offers unlimited saved searches and dashboards for news stories, as opposed to a limited number of saved searches and dashboards.

• Only Cision provides the ability in 10 steps or less to easily create an exportable (to Excel, Word or other commonly used platform) list of media outlets, not individual contacts, with the agency’s newsroom email address and phone number, not individual reporters’ emails and phone numbers.

• Only Cision can provide access to PR Newswire’s editorial team for SEO audits, content audits, and industry best practices based on survey over 20,000+ journalist annually.

• Only Cision provides tools that allow users to share fully interactive dashboards to agency stakeholders who do not have user seats or access to the full Comms Suite.

• Only Cision allows the agency to send releases through the vendor’s PR Newswire network directly from the same system that houses its media database and media monitoring capabilities.

• Only Cision provides the ability to search reporters and outlets by regions and topics.

• Only Cision provides the ability to filter media by geographic location, whether for local markets, on a national scale, or global

This notice of intent for the agency to issue a sole source award for Cision’s Media Relationship Management Tools is not a request for competitive proposals. Vendors wishing to respond to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that their solution/product offering would provide the agency with the same capabilities when compared to Cision’s Media Relationship Management Tools. If no affirmative written response is received, the contract may be issued without further notice.

Interested vendors may identify their capabilities with respect to this requirement by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, January 13, 2023. All information received will be considered by the agency. A determination by the agency not to compete this action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the agency. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541519, Other Computer Related Services, with a size standard of $34.0 million.