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Synopsis/Solicitation Coversheet All-In-One Subscription

SP8000-25-Q-0005

SOLICITATION INFORMATION:

1) This is a synopsis/solicitation for the acquisition of commercial items prepared in accordance with format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information and file attachments included in this notice and in conjunction with

13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Quotes are being required, and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Request for Quote, and the RFQ number is SP8000-25-Q-0005. Do not provide any proprietary information with your Quote.

2) Solicitation SP8000-25-Q-0005 is a Request for Quote (RFQ). DLA Strategic Materials intends to award and administer a single fixed price (FP) contract, using a Standard Form (SF) 1449 as the award document for the contract.

3) All offerors must be registered in the System Award Management (SAM) with the applicable NAICS code 513120 to be considered for award. The web site for registration is https://SAM.gov.

4) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the:

• Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-02, effective January 03, 2025.

• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) effective December

18, 2024.

• Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD) PROCLTR 2024-12, effective

September 6, 2024

The complete text of any of the clauses, provisions and DLAD notes may be accessed in full at https://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx

5) This acquisition will be solicited as 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The applicable NAICS code is 513120 – News Paper and Periodicals with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

6) The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and DCSO-C3 intend to issue a contract to obtain a variety of commercially available, web-based subscriptions, publications, and periodicals for use by the DLA Strategic Materials, Market Analysts and Economists. The Contractor will serve as the single source for providing the web-based subscriptions, publications, and periodicals from the service providers listed in Attachment B – List of Service Providers. The Contractor must provide seamless administration of the periodicals, publications and subscriptions including order placement, payment to publishers, and delivery/access to DLA https://sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.dla.mil/HQ/Acquisition/Offers/eProcurement.aspx

Strategic Materials. See Attachment A – Statement of Work for a complete description of the periodicals, publications and subscriptions to be provided.

7) Period of Performance of the contract is one (1) twelve (12) month base quantity delivery and one (1), twelve (12) month quantity delivery options.

8) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

9) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies; the only evaluation factors are: Technical Acceptability, Past Performance and Price. - S e e F A R 5 2 . 2 1 2 - 2

EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV

2021)

10) A completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial

Items, applies to this acquisition and shall be submitted with your Quote if not available through SAM at https://www.sam.gov.

11) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Products and

Commercial Services

12) The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

13) Payment Terms: Net 30

14) This procurement is not rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS).

SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Questions or clarifications in response to the solicitation must be submitted NLT April 15, 2025 at 12:00PM EST. Please submit all questions to the DCSO- F2contracting@dla.mil, with a cc to cecilia.arrington@dla.mil, with the solicitation number "SP8000-25-Q-0005.

Clarification Request" in the Subject Line. Please note, responses to questions and clarifications will be posted publicly to SAM. gov. Please do not include proprietary information in your questions or clarifications that you do not want posted publicly.

2) Quotes shall not exceed ten (10) pages total, single-sided; shall be double-spaced, and no smaller than Size 12, Times New Roman font. Past Performance questionaries are not included in the total page count.

3) If you intend to submit a Quote, please ensure that you review and provide all the required submittals. The Quote shall be submitted using Attachment C– CLIN Structure, generate total price quotes for each subscription service; then please quote a unit price for each CLIN.

https://www.sam.gov/ mailto:F2contracting@dla.mil mailto:cecilia.arrington@dla.mil

Those price totals in Attachment B, for each CLIN shall be transferred to Attachment C – CLIN Structure; then totaled all CLIN’s to come up for the total overall quote value. All CLIN’s are expected to be fully priced out.

Past Performance:

(1) Past Performance Questionnaires. Offerors are instructed to submit up to three (3) Past Performance Questionnaires that may include the performance still in progress, however, it should have a minimum of one (1) year of performance history and be no more than three (3) years old from the closing date of the solicitation. At a minimum, the documentation must include the contract number, award date, delivery date(s), and quantity. The references may be either government or commercial entities.

(2) The Government will evaluate the offeror's submitted past performance, to include the questionnaires for quality and relevancy based on how well the contractor performed on projects of similar scope, dollar value, and complexity.

(3) Additionally, the Government may review any other sources of information for evaluating past performance. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, past performance information retrieved through Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of team members (partnership, joint venture, teaming arrangement, or parent company/ subsidiary/ affiliate) identified in the offeror's proposal, inquiries of owner representative(s), and any other known sources not provided by the offeror.

(4) Submit your Quote to DCSO-F2contracting@dla.mil with a cc to cecilia.arrington@dla.mil, solicitation number SP8000-25-Q- 0005: All-in-One Subscription Solicitation Quote in the Subject line by May 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST. Quotes submitted via facsimile or US mail will not be accepted. For emails, the solicitation number must be included within the subject line.

ATTACHMENTS:

• Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Revised)

• Attachment A – Statement of Work (SOW)

• Attachment B – Subscription Providers

• Attachment C - CLIN Structure

• Attachment D - Past Performance Questionnaire

• Attachment E - Evaluation Criteria

CONTACT INFORMATION

Contracting Office Address:

Defense Logistics Agency DLA Strategic Materials 8725 John J. Kingman Road Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221 mailto:DCSO-F2contracting@dla.mil mailto:cecilia.arrington@dla.mil

Primary Point of Contact:

C. Isha Arrington Contract Specialist Email: Cecilia.arrington@dla.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:

Ronald E. Fairley Contracting Officer Phone: 571-363-7069 Email: Ronald.fairley@dla.mil mailto:Cecilia.arrington@dla.mil mailto:Ronald.fairley@dla.mil