Brand Name or Equal - Bloomberg Professional Licenses

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE ISSUED. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up to date information about this acquisition.

The Request for Quote (RFQ) number DJF-19-0500-PR-0000945 and is being conducted as a Brand Name or Equal, Full and Open Competition for twelve (12) Bloomberg Professional Licences. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 519130 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals; the size standard is 1,000 personnel. The resultant contract will be a firm-fixed price, Indefinite Delivery
Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), one (1) base year and four (4) twelve (12) month option periods awarded to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offeror.

This RFQ incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-01, effective 01/22/2019. This requirement will be awarded on an all or none basis is a commercial item, fixed price contract under the procedures at FAR Parts 12 and 13.

The following clauses and provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999); 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Oct 2018); 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Oct 2014) - The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Low Price Technically Acceptable. 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Oct 2018); 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Oct 2018), 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (Jan 2019), applicable clauses under 52.212-5 include: (a), (b), (1), (4); (7), (8), (16), (22), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32); (33); (44), and (55). 52.212-1, Modify (b) Submission of Offers to read as follows:

Any questions shall be submitted by email to Miss Tammy T. Miller, Senior Acquisition Specialist, ttmiller@fbi.gov, no later than Friday, March 29, 2019, 10:00 am, Eastern Standard Time (EST). All final Quotes will be submitted by email to ttmiller@fbi.gov; no later than Friday, April 05, 2019, 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). Quotes shall be clearly marked RFQ DJF-19-0500-PR-0000945. Offerors are hereby notified that if their quotes are not received by the date, time and location specified in this announcement, it will not be considered by the agency. Telephone requests will not be considered.

All vendors must be registered in SAM, effective July 29, 2012 to receive government contracts. The FBI financial system has a direct interface with SAM. Please ensure that your company's SAM information is updated and accurate. This includes TIN, EFT, DUNs, addresses and contact information. The EFT banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment to your organization.

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