76 -- News Summary

The government intends to make a sole source award to Bulletin News Network Inc (dba BulletinNews) for news summary products for the Department of Defense (DoD). The contractor will be required to locate potentially relevant stories from various television, radio, on-line, and print media, review the stories and apply an understanding of policies and other news topics affecting the mission of the DoD, assess the information collected, and prepare summaries. These news briefings must be timely, relevant, and focused on the latest developments of the DoD. Products are required at 5:15 AM Monday-Friday and 6:00 AM Saturday and Sunday (Eastern Time), and may also be required on federal holidays. Work must be done overnight to complete the news summaries on time. The products provided are to be modeled on the White House News Summary provided to the President each day, which is produced by BulletinNews. The Secretary of Defense and the Assistant Secretary of Defense need to ensure that they are updated on some of the same articles that BulletinNews is currently providing to the President, supplemented by additional news articles regarding the DoD. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive offers; however, the government will consider all offers received by the posted response date. In order to be considered, other interested persons must submit evidence of their capability to meet the requirements to the contracting officer not later than 4:00 PM Pacific Time on 12 May 2006. This acquisition is 100% small business set-aside.