DOJ Public Affairs News Clipping Services

Closed Solicitation Posted

This opportunity was awarded. See the award notice from .

Solicitation number
15JPSS22Q00000037
Agency
Justice Management Division Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
519190 All Other Information Services
PSC
R708 Support- Management: Public Relations
Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia 20530, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs is seeking a contractor to provide daily news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and Department on issues and current events. The contractor will review major news stories from various sources and provide consolidated summaries on a daily basis covering topics related to the Department of Justice. The contractor must have experience in NAICS code 519190 for all other information services. The solicitation will be awarded as a fixed price contract through a multi-phased evaluation of technical capability, past performance, and price. Responses were due in two phases, with the final phase due on May 17, 2022.

There is no set-aside designation for this procurement. The primary NAICS code is 519190 for all other information services. The incumbent contractor is Rendon Group under contract number 15JPSS18PPZM00023 valued at $2,034,171.16. The base period of performance is from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022, with the option for four additional one-year periods. The contractor will deliver consolidated news summaries electronically each weekday morning and by 1 PM on weekends to the Department of Justice offices in Washington, DC.

Notice text

6 versions

Update #6 · Latest ·

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (PAO) has a need for a contractor to provide news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on daily issues and current events. This solicitation will be awarded to one qualified Contractor on a fixed price basis for all services contained in the Statement of Work. A qualified firm shall have experience in the NAICS code related to this requirement sufficient enough to determine which daily news stories and news media are considered major as it relates to the requirements contained in this solicitation. The NAICS is 519190 (All Other Information Services).

The solicitation inlcuding all instructions for response and any quesitons are attached. 

The Government intends to conduct this procurement through a multi-phased submission and evaluation process.

No additional Questions will be accepted after the Phase 1 Question period has passed. The Government will provide an answer to all questions received in accordance with the instructions for the Phase 1 Question period.

Amendment 1- Amendment is issued to inform vendors that all references to DUNs number in the solicitation will be updated to reference Selected Unique Entity ID (SAM) with the next amendment.  

Amendment 2- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that are available at this time. The Government is reviewing the questions and will provide the remaining responses once they are available. The Government does not anticipate a change to the remaining solicitation event schedule at this time. Any changes to the solicitation event schedule will be provided by COB on 4/22. All references to DUNs are updated as stated in Amendment 1.

Amendment 3- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that were not previously provided.  The Government will have some minor updates to the solicitation based on the responses, however, the RFQ event schedule remains the same for Phase 1 and Phase 2.  The amended RFQ, Attachment 1 will be posted by no later than 4/25.  

Amendment 4- Amendment is issued to add revised Attachment 1.  The amendment also updates RFQ page 10, B.Pricing Spreadsheet.

Amendment 5- Updates the solicitation close date to May 18, 2022.  Delete all references to May 17 and replace with May 18 as the solicitation due date for Phase 2 responses.

Update #5 ·

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (PAO) has a need for a contractor to provide news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on daily issues and current events. This solicitation will be awarded to one qualified Contractor on a fixed price basis for all services contained in the Statement of Work. A qualified firm shall have experience in the NAICS code related to this requirement sufficient enough to determine which daily news stories and news media are considered major as it relates to the requirements contained in this solicitation. The NAICS is 519190 (All Other Information Services).

The solicitation inlcuding all instructions for response and any quesitons are attached. 

The Government intends to conduct this procurement through a multi-phased submission and evaluation process.

No additional Questions will be accepted after the Phase 1 Question period has passed. The Government will provide an answer to all questions received in accordance with the instructions for the Phase 1 Question period.

Amendment 1- Amendment is issued to inform vendors that all references to DUNs number in the solicitation will be updated to reference Selected Unique Entity ID (SAM) with the next amendment.  

Amendment 2- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that are available at this time. The Government is reviewing the questions and will provide the remaining responses once they are available. The Government does not anticipate a change to the remaining solicitation event schedule at this time. Any changes to the solicitation event schedule will be provided by COB on 4/22. All references to DUNs are updated as stated in Amendment 1.

Amendment 3- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that were not previously provided.  The Government will have some minor updates to the solicitation based on the responses, however, the RFQ event schedule remains the same for Phase 1 and Phase 2.  The amended RFQ, Attachment 1 will be posted by no later than 4/25.  

Amendment 4- Amendment is issued to add revised Attachment 1.  The amendment also updates RFQ page 10, B.Pricing Spreadsheet.

Update #4 ·

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (PAO) has a need for a contractor to provide news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on daily issues and current events. This solicitation will be awarded to one qualified Contractor on a fixed price basis for all services contained in the Statement of Work. A qualified firm shall have experience in the NAICS code related to this requirement sufficient enough to determine which daily news stories and news media are considered major as it relates to the requirements contained in this solicitation. The NAICS is 519190 (All Other Information Services).

The solicitation inlcuding all instructions for response and any quesitons are attached. 

The Government intends to conduct this procurement through a multi-phased submission and evaluation process.

No additional Questions will be accepted after the Phase 1 Question period has passed. The Government will provide an answer to all questions received in accordance with the instructions for the Phase 1 Question period.

Amendment 1- Amendment is issued to inform vendors that all references to DUNs number in the solicitation will be updated to reference Selected Unique Entity ID (SAM) with the next amendment.  

Amendment 2- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that are available at this time. The Government is reviewing the questions and will provide the remaining responses once they are available. The Government does not anticipate a change to the remaining solicitation event schedule at this time. Any changes to the solicitation event schedule will be provided by COB on 4/22. All references to DUNs are updated as stated in Amendment 1.

Amendment 3- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that were not previously provided.  The Government will have some minor updates to the solicitation based on the responses, however, the RFQ event schedule remains the same for Phase 1 and Phase 2.  The amended RFQ will be posted by no later than 4/25.  

Update #3 ·

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (PAO) has a need for a contractor to provide news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on daily issues and current events. This solicitation will be awarded to one qualified Contractor on a fixed price basis for all services contained in the Statement of Work. A qualified firm shall have experience in the NAICS code related to this requirement sufficient enough to determine which daily news stories and news media are considered major as it relates to the requirements contained in this solicitation. The NAICS is 519190 (All Other Information Services).

The solicitation inlcuding all instructions for response and any quesitons are attached. 

The Government intends to conduct this procurement through a multi-phased submission and evaluation process.

No additional Questions will be accepted after the Phase 1 Question period has passed. The Government will provide an answer to all questions received in accordance with the instructions for the Phase 1 Question period.

Amendment 1- Amendment is issued to inform vendors that all references to DUNs number in the solicitation will be updated to reference Selected Unique Entity ID (SAM) with the next amendment.  

Amendment 2- Amendment is issued to provide responses to questions that are available at this time. The Government is reviewing the questions and will provide the remaining responses once they are available. The Government does not anticipate a change to the remaining solicitation event schedule at this time. Any changes to the solicitation event schedule will be provided by COB on 4/22. All references to DUNs are updated as stated in Amendment 1.

Update #2 ·

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (PAO) has a need for a contractor to provide news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on daily issues and current events. This solicitation will be awarded to one qualified Contractor on a fixed price basis for all services contained in the Statement of Work. A qualified firm shall have experience in the NAICS code related to this requirement sufficient enough to determine which daily news stories and news media are considered major as it relates to the requirements contained in this solicitation. The NAICS is 519190 (All Other Information Services).

The solicitation inlcuding all instructions for response and any quesitons are attached. 

The Government intends to conduct this procurement through a multi-phased submission and evaluation process.

No additional Questions will be accepted after the Phase 1 Question period has passed. The Government will provide an answer to all questions received in accordance with the instructions for the Phase 1 Question period.

Amendment 1- Amendment is issued to inform vendors that all references to DUNs number in the solicitation will be updated to reference Selected Unique Entity ID (SAM) with the next amendment.  

Update #1 ·

The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (PAO) has a need for a contractor to provide news clipping services to inform the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on daily issues and current events. This solicitation will be awarded to one qualified Contractor on a fixed price basis for all services contained in the Statement of Work. A qualified firm shall have experience in the NAICS code related to this requirement sufficient enough to determine which daily news stories and news media are considered major as it relates to the requirements contained in this solicitation. The NAICS is 519190 (All Other Information Services).

The solicitation inlcuding all instructions for response and any quesitons are attached. 

The Government intends to conduct this procurement through a multi-phased submission and evaluation process.

No additional Questions will be accepted after the Phase 1 Question period has passed. The Government will provide an answer to all questions received in accordance with the instructions for the Phase 1 Question period.

Attachments

Files attached to this notice, newest first
File Type Posted
RFQ 15JPSS22Q00000037 Amendment 4.pdf PDF
Attachment QA Amendment 3.pdf PDF
RFQ 15JPSS22Q00000037 Amendment 2.pdf PDF
Attachment QA Amendment 2.pdf PDF
RFQ 15JPSS22Q00000037 News Clips.pdf PDF
Attachment Past Performance Fillable.pdf PDF

Notice history

Notices posted for this opportunity, newest first
Notice Type Posted
DOJ Public Affairs News Clipping Services Award Award Notice
DOJ Public Affairs News Clipping Services This notice · Latest solicitation Solicitation
DOJ Public Affairs News Clipping Services Original Pre-Solicitation

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