Subscription-Based News and Legislative Tracking Service

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has a requirement for access to a subscription-based news and legislative tracking service from an authoritative news source on federal and state legislative/regulatory developments and activities, to include those that affect the transportation industry, that is distributed by email and accessible online.In order to satisfy this requirement, the NTSB intends to enter a sole source contract with Capitol News Company, LLC (POLITICO) for a 12-month subscription to POLITICO Pro and Legislative Compass. The subscription will enhance the NTSB's awareness of Congressional activities and developments affecting the transportation field and thereby increase its ability to advocate for and promote safety recommendations.This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) - Soliciting from a single source.The NAICS code for this procurement is 519130 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1000.The POLITICO Pro

subscription provides breaking news coverage and analysis of politics and transportation issues. With the subscription, users receive real-time whiteboards, human intelligence alerts, deep dive articles that provide in-depth analysis on key legislative/regulatory news, morning and afternoon digests for each policy area containing not only original reporting by the POLITICO Pro policy team but also secondary media stories, industry document scans containing original reports, press releases, briefings directly linked to Pro whiteboards and articles, a monthly executive report highlighting important news in the upcoming month's policy landscape across all policy areas to include the transportation industry, a nightly recap of major policy news across policy areas, and a weekly "week-ahead" e-calendar giving a rundown of Congressional and Industry events scheduled to take place. Users will also receive access to an online database of all published industry document scans including bills, regulations and proposed rulings, a daily and monthly run down of policy-specific hearings, conferences and events, and access to an archive of all past POLITICO Pro content.The Legislative Compass tool provides ability to easily search and find relevant federal and state legislation over the last 20 years and receive detailed information and analysis, including: bill and amendment text, roll call votes, bill version comparison, and identification of similar legislation. Each user would be able to customize searches and receive notifications when updates occur, as well as create and share notes to collaborate with other team members. The tool leverages POLITICO's established news coverage to provide analysis and insight to give valuable context to legislative and political activities.While multiple news agencies cover Congressional activities and politics and provide legislative tracking tools, market research indicates POLITICO is the leader in subscriber-only content delivered promptly and tailored to an organization's needs. POLITICO is a recognized and authoritative news source on Congress and national politics. No other source has been found to provide the timely breaking news and in-depth, targeted coverage provided by the POLITICO Pro service, combined with comprehensive federal and state legislative search, analysis, and tracking tools.This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 10 calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to provide news coverage of Congressional activities and politics, provide legislative tracking tools, and subscriber-only content delivered promptly and tailored to an organization's needs. Any firm must also demonstrate it can provide timely breaking news and in-depth, targeted coverage, combined with comprehensive federal and state legislative search as described above, analysis, and tracking tools.Information, not to exceed five (5) pages, can be sent via e-mail to Peter M. Hazlinsky, at matt.hazlinsky@ntsb.gov. Responses received will be evaluated; though, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the NTSB will proceed with the issuance of a sole source solicitation for this requirement to POLITICO.