Capital Forum
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 15JL1B26R00000003
- Agency
- Offices Boards and Divisions Department of Justice
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513120 Periodical Publishers
- PSC
- 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20530, United States
- Points of contact
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- Marla Chesler marla.chesler@usdoj.gov (202) 598-6797
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, is seeking to procure an online enterprise subscription to Capitol Forum, a publication providing authoritative information and reporting on antitrust policy and enforcement, merger control, and corporate investigations. The procurement is being conducted on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), with DBW Partners, LLC identified as the only known responsible source for this proprietary publication. Interested vendors must be fully and actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and must submit responses demonstrating equivalent products within fifteen (15) days of the posting date, which is February 10, 2026. The Government will use submitted responses solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement, and responses will not be treated as bids or proposals. The decision to proceed with sole source procurement or open the requirement to competition remains entirely within the Government's discretion.
No set-aside designations apply to this procurement. DBW Partners, LLC is identified as the incumbent provider of the Capitol Forum subscription service. The solicitation does not specify an award value or budget range for the contract. The anticipated period of performance under any resultant purchase order will be one year. The place of performance is Washington, DC 20530. All responses must be submitted electronically to marla.chesler@usdoj.gov, with no telephone responses accepted.
Notice text
The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, intends to procure on a sole source basis an online enterprise subscription to Capitol Forum, via internet access. The product provides authoritative information and reporting regarding antitrust policy and enforcement, merger control, and corporate investigations. Due to the proprietary nature of this publication, DBW Partners, LLC. is the only known source for this information. The statutory authority for the proposed procurement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible source. Contractors must be fully and actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). The solicitation will not be distributed on the General Services Administration website (https://sam.gov/). This is not a formal solicitation, however, interested concerns must respond within fifteen (15) days from the date of this synopsis with complete details of your company’s product that clearly and sufficiently demonstrates that it is an equivalent product to the one stated above. Responses received because of this notice of intent shall be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses will not be considered as either bids or proposals. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition based upon the written responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The anticipated period of performance under any resultant purchase orders will be one (1) year. Responses to this notice must be submitted to marla.chesler@usdoj.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted.
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