Information Retrieval and Media Distribution Services

Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) intends to sole source to: Cision US, Inc. 1 Prudential Plaza, 7th Floor 130 E Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601 AHRQ requires information searching, retrieval, media distribution, and analytic services to support the dissemination of information about the Agency’s research findings, products, and tools to help meet the organization’s mission. The dissemination of this information is critical to adoption and use of AHRQ-funded resources, and working with internal and external audiences to achieve those goals. These services will facilitate searching for outlets for the Agency’s messages, conducting media outreach activities, themselves, and evaluating those efforts using metrics to highlight areas for future improvement. Cision is the ONLY source for a solution that can satisfy these requirements in their entirety in one platform from within a turnkey application. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government as to whether or not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties regarding this sole source action may contact the contract specialist, Sarah Chace, [email protected] no later than the time and date specified in the posting.