SPECIAL NOTICE TO SOLE SOURCE:

Agency: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

POC: Kimberly A. Johnson | email:  [email protected]

For:  Legislative Analysis, Tracking and Implementation Services (LATIS) tool

The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Office of Communications & Liaison (C&L); Legislative Affairs, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition in accordance with FAR subpart 13.5 with FiscalNote |CQ Roll Call for Legislative Analysis, Tracking and Implementation Services (LATIS).  FiscalNote |CQ Roll Call is the exclusive publisher, copyright holder and provider of the policy analysis and legislative/regulatory tracking service, CQ.com.  All content in the Service is owned or licensed by FiscalNote | CQ Roll Call and is delivered as part of processes and technologies owned by FiscalNote | CQ Roll Call.  The subscription services has an approximate start date of March 6, 2021.  

A twelve (12) month base period is contemplated for this acquisition. These services are currently in place.

No solicitation package will be issued. This special notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than 9:00 AM, EST on March 5, 2021.  Responses shall be submitted to Kimberly A. Johnson at [email protected].

Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. The name of your company;

2. Company DUNS No and CAGE Code;

3. Point of Contact, and secondary contact, information;

4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company can provide the specific items mentioned above; and,

5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities.

It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) can provide the same functionality that exists with the CQ Roll Call products mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide enough evidence of having a product capable of meeting the Government's needs.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer.  Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.