News Clip Services - Amendment 00002
Issuing Agency:TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (District of Columbia)
Solicitation ID:sam_cf8a57ef30e844fe829c9d0bf08ab98a
RFP Description
Location: Washington, District of Columbia. Amendment 00002 Date of Amendment: 06/02/2026 Description: The purpose of this amendment is to post the Q&A attachment that was accidently not attached in Amendment 00001. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 00001 Date of Amendment: 06/02/2026 Description: The purpose of this amendment is to post the answers to questions. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Attn: Potential Offerors, The U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Affairs (OPA) is seeking a Contractor to provide News Clips Services in accordance with the attached Statement of Work. This is a full-and-open-competitive requirement. The Request for Proposals, numbered is 693JK426R500002, for commercial items (News Clips Services for DOT), which was prepared by the U. S. Department of Transportations (DOTs) Office of the Senior Procurement Executive in accordance with the format specified in FAR Subpart 12.6 - but which is supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. Accordingly, this Solicitation, while pertaining fundamentally to commercial items (News Clips Services for DOT), also has certain features typically associated with FAR Part 15 acquisitions, including: (a) specified Evaluation Criteria; and (b) a specified Best Value selection-process, in which each offerors overall attained technical standing will be more important than the offerors total proposed price; and (c) a reserved right for DOT to establish a Competitive Range or a Limited Competitive Range pertaining to the proposals received by DOT in response to this Solicitation. The DOT anticipates the award of a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract from this RFP. The resultant award shall consist of five years: one (1) base period and four (4) one year option periods. The basis for award is Best Value. The NAICS Code 519290 - Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services. Small Business size standard is 1000 Employees. DOT invites your company to submit a proposal in accordance with your established rates for the above support Services. Please submit questions by Friday, May 22, 2026, at noon EST. Proposal submissions are due no later than Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 10 AM EST via email to Melinda.Riddick@dot.gov with a cc copy to Robin.Golden@dot.gov. Please submit questions and proposal to the aforementioned email addresses. Please reference: RFQ: 693JK426R500002 (News Clip Services) Thank you in advance for your interest in the Department of Transportation and its Programs. Sincerely, Melinda Riddick, Contracting Officer Office of the Senior Procurement Executive See attached:
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This is an open market solicitation. Since it is open to all qualified contractors, competition may be high. Differentiating your technical response and offering a highly compliant proposal structure will be key to winning. For projects of this size, having clear, compliant documentation and showing immediately available resources to execute the work is the fastest path to selection by TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (District of Columbia). Ensure all bid packages, attachments, and compliance affidavits are completed and uploaded to samgov before the closing deadline on 6/11/2026.
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