SOLE SOURCE NOTICE

The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Groton office, intends to award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract to Dow Jones & Company, Inc. for a Wall Street Journal corporate online subscription. Identified under solicitation number N0018926QW203, this Department of Defense requirement is classified under NAICS code 513120 for Periodical Publishers and PSC 7630 for NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS. There is no set-aside for this action, represented by the acronym NONE and explanation NONE.

Work will be performed in Newport, Rhode Island. While this notice is not a request for proposals or quotations, the government will consider written challenges to the sole source determination received by June 11, 2026. Submissions sent to Casey Mayer must provide sufficient information to demonstrate that an equivalent supply exists to meet the government’s stated needs. The decision to compete the requirement based on received responses remains at the sole discretion of the government.

This special notice and its associated metadata were published on June 5, 2026. Documentation available for this requirement includes two attachments: a redacted sole source justification (SSJ_Redacted.pdf) and a redacted solicitation (Solicitation N0018926QW203_Redacted.pdf), both posted on the date of publication.