Politico Pro Subscription Renewal

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to

negotiate and award a sole source purchase order to Politico Pro, 1000 Wilson Blvd., 8th Floor, Arlington, VA

22209. This justification for sole source contracting is to purchase a yearly subscription renewal service to support

the need to closely monitor and review Congressional legislative and policy news relating to the Medicare,

Medicaid, CHIP, Marketplace, and ACA programs and initiatives, and assess its impact towards beneficiaries and

other healthcare stakeholders. It helps CMS' Office of the Administrator (OA), the Office of Legislation (OL), the

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs (OSORA), and MRG stay apprised of what is happening on

Capitol Hill with information being delivered in real-time.

CMS REQUIREMENTS: Politico is a subscription service that is available through 24-hour internet access thus

permitting CMS components to monitor healthcare news, Presidential and Congressional events, publicized

information, party-political news, and politically sensitive news. This service allows 55 licensed CMS users to

receive up-to-the-minute news and information for responding to Hill inquiries, fulfilling correspondence requests,

and improving messaging for established initiatives and programs. Also, as communication strategy and media

information is being developed for initiatives and programs, and then, rolled out to reporters and the public, the

Agency can better monitor instant news generated, its sentiment, and anticipate the need for providing rapid

responses. This instantaneous news resource is not available through the CMS library.

NAICS CODES: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 511110 (Newspaper Publishers).

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 standardized health care performance measures to support and

advance public accountability, quality improvement efforts, increased patient safety, and value based purchasing.

The organization must be able to serve as a national dissemination and implementation conference for health

disparities researchers. To be considered, interested vendors must submit 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 mail 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.