CQ Healthbeat Subscription Renewal

INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order to CQ Roll Call, Inc., 77 K. Street, NE, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002 for a subscription renewal for CMS's Office of Communications. The sole source award will be made under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 235 ( C ) ( 1 ) as implemented by FAR6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies and Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. A justification and approval is currently being processed for this requirement. This requirement is intended as a sole source procurement because CQ Roll Call, Inc. is the publisher and copyright holder of CQ Healthbeat. CQ Healthbeat monitors the pulse of the issues, events and people reshaping national health care policy.

CMS REQUIREMENTS: CQ Healthbeat provides the MRG and the Office of Legislation (OL) with comprehensive understanding of congressional developments as they occur on the Hill and gives in-depth insights of pending healthcare legislation and implications for the Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and ACA programs. It's also included in the CMS' Daily News Clips.

NAICS CODES: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 51110 (Newspaper Publishers) and the size standard is 500 employees.

INTERESTED PARTIES: All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. In order to qualify as a potential contractor for this procurement, the organization must provide valid, reliable and technical literature describing their capability to effectively satisfy this requirement, as well as terms and conditions and a complete price quote within (5) days of this notice, to the following electronic email address: phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov.

DISCLAIMER: This notice is not a Request for Proposals or a Solicitation, nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is not a commitment from the Government. The Government will not reimburse any bid or proposal costs as a result of this notice. No solicitation exists and requests for a copy of the solicitation will be disregarded. However, any future solicitation that will be open to competition will be subsequently issued on FedBizOpps in order to permit firms to respond.