This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is W912NR-15-R-0003. The solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-64, DFARS Change Notice 20130228. This solicitation is a Small Business Set Aside and the NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 519130 and small business size standard is 500 employees. The Louisiana Army National Guard requires the following: Contract Line Item (CLIN) 0001. Media Clippings License Agreement (news and social) 1. A 100% web based solution that requires no IT support to implement or maintain 2. A fixed price news monitoring that delivers coverage electronically in near real time from over 130,000 sources including Print, online, blog, and TV broadcast outlets 3. Monitoring, measurement and download capabilities for TV Broadcast and Radio clips 4. Social Media monitoring tools that allow monitoring of search terms across social media sites & over 20 million+ blogs with the ability to identify influencers, automatically tone specific news, and analyze coverage side by side with Traditional Media 5. Ability to monitor Twitter, Facebook and blogs, get blog comments, mentions, retweets ... with ability to filter out inauthentic blogs that have advertisements and no significant content 6. Ability to post/share directly to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn accounts and integrated dashboards for social account metrics 7. Copyright protection that secures unlimited internal distribution rights of news articles without additional fees 8. Real time news measurement and analysis tools that provide circulation, advertising value, impressions, unique visitors, etc. 9. Automation of tracking, reporting and analysis for all traditional and social media coverage/buzz in chosen format(s) to reduce staff duties/work time 10. Automated email alerts, custom and ready-to-use reports, to include trend analysis via interactive and exportable charts/graphs 11. News reporting in the form of online dashboards, electronic news forwards, clip books and coverage rosters Period of Performance shall be 12 months. Request For Information (RFI): Interested offerors must submit RFIs to Crystal Stiles 318-290-5982
[email protected] or David Bourgeois 318-290-5933
[email protected] concerning the solicitation by 20 February 2015, 10:00 a.m. CST... Those RFIs not received within the prescribed date will not be considered. The following provisions and/or clauses apply to this acquisition. Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999): (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Price and Delivery with delivery being more important. FAR 52.212-3 Alt I Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-5 (Dev) Contract Terms and Condition Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Deviation). FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities. FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management. 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor. FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. FAR 52.232-33 Payment by EFT - SAM. FAR 52.233-1 Disputes. FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest. FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award. FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contracts. FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, with the following fill-in: http://farsite.hill.af.mil, DFARS 252.204-7004 Alt A System for Award Management, DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program, DFAS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors, DFARS 252.247-7023 Alt III Transportation of Supplies by Sea, Alternate III, DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports, DFARS 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. Clauses may be accessed electronically in full text through http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Contractors must be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Quotes may be emailed to
[email protected] (318-290-5982) NLT February 27 2015, 2:00 pm CST. Alternate POC is MAJ David Bourgeois,
[email protected] or 318-290-5933. The combined synopsis/solicitation has been extended to close 3 March 2015 at 2:00pm CST. The Questions and Answers has also been posted.