(1) Vendor needs to provide media monitoring service.– Provide online tools that allow for searching, reporting, and analysis of traditional news and social media coverage in local, regional and international print, broadcast, web and social media on a continuous basis– Unlimited access to online news & trade publications, Print, Broadcast (TV & Radio), Social media platforms, Forums, Blogs, Review sites, Podcasts.– Near real–time ingestion Continuous crawl, deduplication, metadata capture.– Metadata capture: author, outlet, date/time (TZ–aware), country, language, URL, share/engagement metrics (where applicable), media type.– Unlimited key word queries and searches.– Hashtag tracking.– Global coverage; multilingual monitoring with English translations.– Deduplication and canonicalization of same stories across syndications– Real–time alerts, custom dashboards, and reports via desktop and mobile devices.– Custom dashboards allow saved views per user/team.– Intuitive UI/UX, localization, custom theming, WCAG compliance– Ability to edit broadcast TV and Radio clips.– Broadcast transcripts and clips where licensed.– Customizable (layout, branding, etc.) clip reports for daily sharing to organization.– Customizable reporting dashboards with download options.(2) A pre–bid information meeting will be held on January 7, 2026.(3) All questions must be submitted no later than January 12, 2026.