Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Daily News Brief, Clip Services, and Analytics

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with a format tailored in meeting FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested as a written solicitation WILL NOT be issued.  The solicitation reference is 2031JW23Q00027.  The Department of Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of Acquisition Management (AQM), on behalf of the Office of Public Affairs, is issuing a combined synopsis/solicitation to procure OCC Daily News Brief, Clip Services and Analytics.  See the Request for Quote (RFQ) for details.  THIS REQUIREMENT IS BEING SOLICITATED UNRESTRICTED.  The period of performance shall commence March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2028, should all four 12-month option periods be exercised.  This solicitation document incorporates all mandatory commercial items provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-08; effective October 28, 2022.  All Quoters that provide a quote agrees to the terms and conditions identified within the solicitation (RFQ’s provisions and clauses), capable of performing the required services, and can comply with the established security requirements in its entirety, for the specified performance period.  Quoters that cannot provide the requirements and/or perform the services sought for the duration of the resulting performance period, should not provide a quote, as it WILL NOT be considered.

All Quoters must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov.

The provision at 52.212-1 with the addendum, 52.212-3, 52.212-4, and 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition, and are included in the attached RFQ.  The complete text of the FAR and clauses and provisions are available online at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

Questions Submission: Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted to the OCC via email at Danielle.Pena@occ.treas.gov no later than 12:00 PM ET on January 12, 2023.  A response reply to questions will be provided timely.  All responsible sources may submit a quote, if timely received, shall be considered by the agency (OCC) for evaluating. 

Quotations must be received by 12:00 PM ET on January 19, 2023.  Quotation packages shall be submitted electronically to Danielle Pena at Danielle.Pena@occ.treas.gov.    

QUOTERS MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT WITH ITS QUOTATION PACKAGE:

FAR 52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021), AND FAR 52.229-11 TAX ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PROCUREMENTS—NOTICE AND REPRESENTATION (JUN 2020), WHICH ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE RFQ OR OTHERWISE ELECTRONICALLY AT: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

Further instructions are contained within the RFQ for Quoter submission details.

NOTE: Communication with other officials may compromise the integrity and competitiveness of this acquisition, which could result in the cancellation of the solicitation and/or exclusion of your quotation.