Politico Pro Subscription Service
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- OC-2025-0007
- Agency
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 51312 Periodical Publishers
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- Windsor Mill, Maryland 21244, United States
- Points of contact
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- Renee Wallace Abney renee.wallaceabney@cms.hhs.gov (410) 786-5128
- Phillip Harrell phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov (410) 786-8635
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking a small business contractor to provide a one-year Politico Pro subscription service for 25 licensed users, supporting various CMS offices including Communications, Legislation, and Strategic Operations. The solicitation, numbered OC-2025-0007, is a Request for Quotation prepared under FAR Part 13 with simplified acquisition procedures. Contractors must submit a comprehensive five-page proposal addressing their technical approach to performing the work, personnel qualifications, and fully loaded labor rates. The evaluation criteria will focus on technical understanding, personnel qualifications, and price, with the award being made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer. Proposals must be electronically submitted to phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov by 12:00 pm on March 5, 2025, and all offerors must be currently registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM.gov).
The contract opportunity is specifically set aside for small businesses and will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price purchase order. The place of performance is located in Windsor Mill, Milford Mill, Maryland, with a 12-month performance period. The subscription service must provide comprehensive features including customizable real-time news coverage, 24/7 access, newsletters, in-depth coverage, calendar events, and interactive communities focused on Congressional and agency news related to Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, Marketplace, and ACA programs. Contractors are required to ensure Section 508 compliance, provide technical support within 24 hours, offer user training, and implement usage reporting capabilities. The subscription must be fully operational on the day the contract is awarded, with access granted to all 25 licensed users immediately. While no specific award value is mentioned, the procurement is structured as a fixed-price contract for a one-year subscription service.
Notice text
This is a Request for Quotation prepared in accordance with FAR Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included with this notice. Requirement number OC-2025-0007 is issued as a Request for Quotation. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to award a purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures to a small business contractor only at a firm fixed price to provide subscription service for one year for 25 licensed users. Detail information is provided in the attached Statement of Work. Your response shall be no more than 5 pages and shall include the following: 1) Contractor’s plan to perform the Statement of Work; 2) and Price – to include fully loaded labor rates. All responses will be evaluated using the following Evaluation Criteria: 1) Technical Understanding 2) Personnel Qualifications 3) and Price. “All business proposals final price shall be submitted in whole dollars only, rounded to the nearest dollar. An award will be made to the responsible offeror whose quotation is the lowest price and is technically acceptable. Responses must be sent electronically in MS Word format to phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov on or before 12:00 pm Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
Your proposal should include the following additional information:
1. Company Name, Address
2. Contact Person, name, Telephone Number, Fax Number, E-Mail Address
3. Business Size Classification, i.e. Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman Owned
4. UEI Number
5. Tax ID NO.
6. GSA Schedule Number (only if applicable)
Note: You must be registered in the System for Awards] Management (SAM) sam.gov, in order to receive a federal government award. All registrations must be current.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFQ OC-2025-0007 FAR 13_SAP_LPTA_Services_FFP-01-2025.docx | DOCX document | |
| Statement of Work (SOW)_Politico Pro_2025.docx | DOCX document |
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