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THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT. This sources sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or an obligation on behalf of the Government or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. The Department of Interior (DOI) is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals at this time. Vendors responding to this notice are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this sources sought notice; all costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if issued. The information provided may be used by DOI in developing its acquisition strategy and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for clearly marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. No classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Background The Department of Interior is seeking an enterprise-wide social media management tool to manage its existing and future presence on third-party social media sites, which includes but is not limited to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. The tool or suite of tools should be able to support the Department 1,500+ social media accounts and provide unique logins for nearly 1,000 individual users. Requirements The social media management tool can be a single tool or a suite of tools, but it must be able to perform at least one of the following requirements: schedule and publish content directly to social media sites, include analytics and reporting, provide archives of social media accounts provide listening, monitoring and engagement functions meet necessary security requirements be accessible by mobile devices meet 508 requirements and be capable of posting material to social media sites in the most 508 compliant manner include technical support and training Submission The government is requesting that interested concerns capable of satisfying the requirements submit the following information. (1) A detailed description of the firms social media management tool capability. Note that firms may submit information on tools that cover all or some of the requirements listed above. Firms only meeting partial requirements are encouraged to respond to this sources sought. (2) Type of business, (i.e., small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned, Hub Zone, serviced-disabled veteran-owned small business, under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 511210, which has a size standard of $38.5 million, CAGE Code and DUNS Number. (3) Under which NAICS code does your company usually provide the requirements described below? Please provide rationale for your answer if different from NAICS 511210. (4) The Government request information from industry as to their best practices and/or commercial Terms and Conditions. (5) Company name, address, point of contact, voice and fax telephone numbers and e-mail address.