News Clip Services - Amendment 00002

Solicitation No.

693JK426R500002

Notice Type

Solicitation

Set-Aside

No Set aside used

Posted Date

June 2, 2026

Response Deadline

June 11, 2026

NAICS Code

519290AI guide

PSC / Class Code

R612

Contract Code

6901

Issuing Office

693JK4 OST

Sub-Agency

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Agency

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Primary Contact

Melinda Riddick, Contracting Officer

City

WASHINGTON

State

DC

ZIP Code

20590

AI Product/Service

service

Amendment 00002 Date of Amendment: 06/02/2026 Description: The purpose of this amendment is to post the Q&A attachment that was accidently not attached in Amendment 00001. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 00001 Date of Amendment: 06/02/2026 Description: The purpose of this amendment is to post the answers to questions. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Attn: Potential Offerors, The U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Affairs (OPA) is seeking a Contractor to provide News Clips Services in accordance with the attached Statement of Work. This is a full-and-open-competitive requirement. The Request for Proposals, numbered is 693JK426R500002, for commercial items (“News Clips Services for DOT”), which was prepared by the U. S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Office of the Senior Procurement Executive in accordance with the format specified in FAR Subpart 12.6 - but which is supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. Accordingly, this Solicitation, while pertaining fundamentally to commercial items (“News Clips Services for DOT”), also has certain features typically associated with FAR Part 15 acquisitions, including: (a) specified Evaluation Criteria; and (b) a specified “Best Value” selection-process, in which each offeror’s overall attained technical standing will be more important than the offeror’s total proposed price; and (c) a reserved right for DOT to establish a Competitive Range or a Limited Competitive Range pertaining to the proposals received by DOT in response to this Solicitation. The DOT anticipates the award of a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract from this RFP. The resultant award shall consist of five years: one (1) base period and four (4) one year option periods. The basis for award is Best Value. The NAICS Code 519290 - Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services. Small Business size standard is 1000 Employees. DOT invites your company to submit a proposal in accordance with your established rates for the above support Services. Please submit questions by Friday, May 22, 2026, at noon EST. Proposal submissions are due no later than Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 10 AM EST via email to Melinda.Riddick@dot.gov with a cc copy to Robin.Golden@dot.gov. Please submit questions and proposal to the aforementioned email addresses. Please reference: “RFQ: 693JK426R500002 (News Clip Services) Thank you in advance for your interest in the Department of Transportation and its Programs. Sincerely, Melinda Riddick, Contracting Officer Office of the Senior Procurement Executive See attached:

1. June 2, 2026Posted Date
2. June 11, 2026Proposals / Responses Due