The USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service intends to award a contract to Politico Pro located at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, 8th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The contract will be for one base year and four option years. The scope of the contract is for Politico Pro Plus subscription. Politico Pro is a customizable, policy intelligence platform that features exclusive reporting and analysis, tools, and actionable data and insights with coverage options at the state, federal and international levels, covered by more than 100 policy-specific journalists. In addition to a customized experience within the platform, subscribers can select to receive Pro’s policy reporting in their email inbox whenever new content is published on the topics they are tracking. Politico Pro helps AMS’ comprehensively monitor a broad range of agricultural topics related not only to production, but also to its marketing and promotion mission. Such activities include grant opportunities, truth-in-labeling programs, compliance and enforcement efforts, commodity procurement for our Nation’s food programs, and more. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 519130 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Department of Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.202-1 Definitions; FAR 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees; FAR 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures; FAR 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights; FAR 52.216-24 Limitation of Government Liability; FAR 52.216-25 Contract Definitization; FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management: AGAR 452.204-70 Inquiries; FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interests when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended or Proposed for Debarment; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders-Commercial Items; AGAR 452.219-70 Size Standard and NAICS Code Information; FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity Employment; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.225-25 Prohibitions on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Reps and Certs; FAR 52.232.39- Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations: FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest; FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award; FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract; FAR 243-3 Changes - Time-and Materials or Labor Hours; FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Items; FAR 52.246-6 Inspection - Time and Material and Labor Hour; FAR 52.252-1 Solicitations Provisions Incorporated by Reference; FAR 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity; FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services; and FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotations. Award of the contract is estimated to be September 5, 2022. Questions concerning this acquisition must be in writing and directed to
[email protected]. Responses must be received by 10:00 A.M. eastern time August 30, 2022 and must include detailed information on your product or service. Phone calls will not be accepted.