Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Subscription Services

SPECIAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

Requirement Title: HQMC Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) – Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Subscription Services

Contracting Activity: Marine Corps Installations - National Capital Region (MCI-NCR), Regional Contracting Office (RCO), Quantico, VA

Proposed Vendor: CQ-Roll Call, Inc. (CAGE Code: 1HLK8)

NAICS Code: 519290 – Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (Size Standard: 1,000 Employees)

Product Service Code (PSC): DA10 – IT and Telecom - Business Application Software as a Service

Response Deadline: Thursday, 11 September 2026 at 09:00 AM EST

Marine Corps Installations - National Capital Region (MCI-NCR), Regional Contracting Office (RCO), Quantico, VA hereby gives notice of its intent to award a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole-source basis to CQ-Roll Call, Inc. (CAGE Code: 1HLK8) in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for commercial products and services, as the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Requirement Description: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps (HQMC), Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) has a continuing operational requirement for the renewal of its enterprise commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) web-based legislative intelligence subscription. HQMC OLA currently utilizes and relies upon active enterprise user licenses for the Congressional Quarterly (CQ) platform to execute its mandated legislative oversight, congressional engagement, and policy analysis workflows. The subscription must support a minimum of 50 concurrent user licenses across HQMC OLA and supporting headquarters commands (including Programs & Resources, Combat Development & Integration, Marine Corps Systems Command, Manpower & Reserve Affairs, and Marine Corps Installations Command).

Key required capabilities include:

• Real-time legislative and congressional tracking, bill introduction monitoring, floor proceedings, and full-text committee hearing transcripts.
• Seamless compatibility and uninterrupted access to OLA's established historical legislative archives, customized tracking dossiers, and active automated alerting profiles.
• Secure, 24/7 web-based access, comprehensive user onboarding, and dedicated technical support.

Market research confirmed that the Congressional Quarterly application is proprietary to CQ-Roll Call, Inc., which develops, maintains, and distributes the service directly to federal customers without utilizing third-party commercial resellers or distributors. Because of the proprietary nature of the software and OLA's existing baseline of historical data, only CQ-Roll Call, Inc. can satisfy the Government's technical and operational requirements without substantial duplication of cost and unacceptable mission disruption.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which, if received by the response deadline, will be considered by the Contracting Officer.

Response Instructions & Points of Contact: Capability statements or inquiries shall be submitted via email to Contract Specialist Edgar Clark at edgar.clark@usmc.mil and Contracting Officer Kellie Holley at kellie.holley@usmc.mil no later than Friday, 11 September 2026 at 09:00 AM EST.