Brand Name or Equal Wall Street Journal
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking quotations for Brand Name or Equal Wall Street Journal full-text online access for 120 users. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation and Request for Quotations (RFQ) for commercial products or services, conducted under FAR Part 12 and 13. Quotations are due May 15, 2026.
Scope of Work
The requirement is for full-text online access to the Wall Street Journal for 120 users for a base year (June 6, 2026 – June 5, 2027). Key features and salient characteristics include:
- Access to breaking and in-depth coverage across 200+ topics, including housing, finance, and economics.
- Industry reports, data insights, curated newsletters, and alerts via unlimited internet access and a stand-alone phone application.
- Comprehensive company profiles, stock market and economic data, and private markets analyses.
- Access to past subscription content from at least the previous 90 days.
- Subscriber-only audio and video content, and a subscriber-exclusive daily newsletter.
- An Administrator Portal for subscription management and customer support (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET, Monday-Friday). Vendors offering an "equal" product must provide sufficient information to demonstrate how their offering meets these salient characteristics.
Contract & Timeline
- Contract Type: Firm-fixed-price.
- Period of Performance: Base Year: June 6, 2026 – June 5, 2027.
- Set-Aside: Unrestricted.
- NAICS Code: 513120 (Periodical Publishers), with no size standard.
- Published Date: May 8, 2026.
Submission & Evaluation
- Questions Due: May 12, 2026, 3:00 PM ET, via email to Natalie.Wallace@fhfa.gov.
- Quotations Due: May 15, 2026, 11:00 AM ET, via email to Natalie.Wallace@fhfa.gov.
- Quotation Validity: Minimum of 60 calendar days.
- Submission Requirements:
- Must be registered in SAM at the time of quote submission and award.
- Quotations must include a cover page with specific information (RFQ Number, Quoter Name, SAM UEI, Contact Info).
- Quoters must include a statement accepting all terms and conditions.
- Email attachment limit: 50MB per email; larger quotations should be divided.
- Technical Quotation (Volume I): Maximum 5 pages (excluding cover page), with no price information.
- Price Quotation (Volume II): Maximum 1 page.
- Evaluation: Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable quotation.
Additional Notes
FAR clauses and provisions in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01, March 13, 2026, are incorporated. FHFA reserves the right to conduct a compliance review and reject non-compliant quotations. FHFA may or may not conduct exchanges with quoters during the evaluation process.