Media Monitoring Subscription

Closed Special Notice Posted

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Solicitation number
M00264_20_Q_0223_Media_Monitoring_Subscription
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Washington DC 20350 USA

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The United States Marine Corps Regional Contracting Office published a Special Notice regarding its intent to award a sole source contract. The notice is for media monitoring subscription services to support the Marine Corps Communication Directorate in collecting, tracking, assessing, and reporting on traditional and social media coverage about the Marine Corps.

The Special Notice provides details on the sole source award to Talkwalker Inc. for access to its web-based media monitoring platform. The period of performance is from September 29, 2020 through September 28, 2021. Responses to the notice were due by September 13, 2020 to be considered, however award of the sole source contract is at the discretion of the Government. The objective is to obtain services for identifying, analyzing, quantifying, and reporting on media content and reach in multiple languages. Eligible contractors could submit capability statements for consideration, but the Regional Contracting Office indicated its intent to award follow-on work to the named company.

Notice text

This is a notice of intent to sole source a procurement under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) – solicting from a single source . The applicable NAICS Code is 518210 – Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services.  The USMC Regional Contracting Office (RCO) – Marine Corps Installations-National Capital Region (MCI-NCR) at Quantico Marine Corps Base, VA intends to award a sole source contract to:

Talkwalker Inc

485 Lexington Ave Fl 26

New York, NY, 10017-2644 

The MCI-NCR RCO intends to award this requirement under the authority of  FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisy the agency requirements. This request is for access to a web-based platform, accessible via the Marine Corps Enterprise Network or commercial internet provider, that allows CD personnel to collect, track, assess, and generate reports about traditional and social media coverage and commentary about the Marine Corps.

DURATION: Procurement planning for the follow-on effort is currently in process. The anticipated Period of Performance is from 29 September 2020 through 28 September 2021.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.  Capability statements or quotes, if received timely, will be considered; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses shall be emailed to jacqueline.ambala@usmc.mil no later than 13 September 2020, 05:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  Late responses will not be considered.

Files

File Type Posted
M00264-20-Q-0223.pdf PDF
Justification - Redacted2.pdf PDF

Notice history

Notice Type Posted
Media Monitoring Subscription Award Award Notice
This notice Latest special notice Special Notice

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