Sources Sought.pdf

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis published by the United States Air Force (the Government or USAF). There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to conduct market research to determine whether there are businesses available capable of providing an alternative product that meets the characteristics below. The Air Force anticipates procuring this product as a FY26 base effort with a projected period of performance of 16 June 2026 – 15 June 2027. This effort will have four – one year option periods: Option year 1 - 16 June 2027 – 15 June 2028, Option year 2 - 16 June 2028 – 15 June 2029, Option year 3 - 16 June 2029 – 15 June 2030, and Option year 4 - 16 June 2030 – 15 June 2031.

Responses to this sources sought notice will assist in a determination of whether it is in the best interest of the Government to proceed with a competition.

FSC: 7630

NAICS: 513120

Size Standard: 1000 Employees

Subscription name: Comprehensive Legislative Tracking & Congressional News Analysis

1. Description: The Department of the Air Force Library Program requires a congressional legislation tracking and analysis subscription for AFMC HQ/PA. They need a resource that will provide a comprehensive tracker of federal legislation with non-partisan and unbiased analysis of current and archival information to make informed decisions.

2. Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:

1. Must be able to track legislation and cases, find stakeholders via the directory, compare voting behavior and similarity, analyze vote breakdowns by party or country, search amendments for federal and state governments

2. Must provide policy insights, breaking scoops and in-depth analysis throughout the day

3. Must provide newsletters for: morning briefing, general news, budgets, defense

4. Must provide a magazine from current date with back issues to 1984

5. Must provide congressional information (1985 to present), congressional member profiles (1995 to present), congressional live news and legislative updates, today at a glance information

6. Must cover energy, environment, transportation and defense news/industry

7. Must provide an archive of bill text (1987 to present), bill compare, CRS bill digests (1986 to present), committee reports (1989 to present), congressional record (1988 to present), federal register (1997 to present), and public law text and U.S. Code

8. Must provide transcripts of hearings, newsmaker and financial (1990 to present), 1 hour AI transcripts and expanded coverage, able to provide custom transcripts when requested, committee testimonies (1995 to present)

9. Must be able to break down house information by day, week, into fact sheets, floor and conference summaries (1999 to present)

10. Must be able to provide Congressional Research Summaries reports (1978 to present), bill analysis (1990 to present), Floor Videos (2003 to present) and Votes (1983 to present)

11. Must be able to provide Committee Markup coverage, hearings and rosters (1989 to present)

12. Must provide comprehensive coverage of state news and legislation

13. Must provide information on the federal budget and defense bills from first draft through the appropriations process

14. Must be able to provide indexed and searchable video footage of the House and Senate floor, and law tracking tools to identify small changes in drafts and complete verbatim transcripts of hears within 3 days of the close of the hearing

15. Must be able to provide a platform that enables issue management and collaboration to manage interactions with state leadership, staff and key stakeholders

16. Must provide analysis and coverage of state policies with insights, budget, legislative analysis, summaries and reporting

17. Must be able to provide detailed breakdown of federal agency spending to include contract and vendor information

18. Must be able to provide dedicated consultant to support curation, summarization and analysis of US Federal, State and global policies.

19. Must be able to provide a customizable dashboard for users effect of public policy impacts on organization

20. Must be a current commercial off the shelf product in the library and legislative marketplace

21. Must provide an App for access and training and support.

The Government will consider responses received within 7 days of issuance of this notice.

Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government competes this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is an administrative decision by the Government that is solely within its discretion.

Contractors should be aware of the following information:

1. Contractors must include the following information:

a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

d. Company CAGE Code or UEI.

e. Capabilities Statement

2. This requirement is not intended for specific brand name products. Offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those that may be specifically referenced by brand name. Responses must address how alternate product meet the product characteristics specified above.

3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government will not reimburse the respondents for any costs associated with their response. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Proposals nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. The Government reserves the right to contact the submitting parties, on an as required basis, for further clarification on material provided.

Respondents should not construe this notice as a commitment by the Air Force for any purpose.

Responses should be emailed to Contracting Specialist: Mary Cobb, Mary.Cobb.7@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer: Gustavo Guadron, Gustavo.Guadron@us.af.mil no later than 13 May 2025, 4:00 PM CDT. Any questions should be directed to Gustavo Guadron through email.