Electronic Database Subscription

The Department of Commerce, through the Commerce Research Library, intends to secure an electronic database subscription for the Wall Street Journal’s digital services. This resource provides Department employees at the Washington, DC headquarters and select regional offices with comprehensive global coverage of business, financial, economic, and political events. The subscription is designed to reduce the need for physical storage of print materials while providing desktop access to breaking news alerts, technical tools, and analysis not available via general interest news sources or third-party aggregators.

This requirement is classified under NAICS 513110 for Newspaper Publishers and PSC R605 for Support- Administrative: Library. The acquisition is being processed as a Special Notice with no set-aside designated. For over ten years, the Department has utilized these digital services to support its mission-critical work, benefiting from a centralized subscription model that serves multiple offices under a single agreement.

The solicitation is identified by number RFQ-26-00925 and managed by point of contact Erika Crawford. One attachment, a Notice of Intent to Sole Source, was published alongside the notice on May 15, 2026. Responses to this notice are due by May 29, 2026. All performance will take place in Washington, DC.