SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- enterprise wide access via IP address to investor newsletters
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Securities and Exchange Commission, Procurement and Contracts Branch, Operations Center, 6432 General Green Way, MS 0-20, Alexandria, VA, 22312-2413
- ZIP Code
- 22312-2413
- Solicitation Number
- SECHQ-05-Q-0119
- Response Due
- 5/16/2005
- Archive Date
- 5/31/2005
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. SECHQ1-05-Q-0118 is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-22 and 23 effective 05 MAY 2004 for full and open competition (this competition is unrestricted). SECTION C DESCRIPTION/SPECS/WORK STATEMENT. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires enterprise wide access via IP address to investor newsletters. The vendor shall provide a total of 50 print copies of any newsletter titles chosen by the Commission. Investor newsletters shall provide current and historical information on domestic and international compliance initiatives of broker/dealers, investment advisers, and mutual fund professionals, as well as regulations and enforcement actions of federal and states entities. SECTION C-DESCRIPTION/SPECS/WORK STATEMENT The service shall provide the following information: 1. Comprehensive, unique and exclusive information on domestic and international markets that aggregate intelligence on compliance initiatives of broker-dealer, investment adviser and mutual fund industry professionals. 2. Regulations and enforcement actions from entities such as National Association of Securities Dealers, Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S Court of Appeals and state regulatory agencies. 3. News, reports and analysis on: U.S. taxable fixed-income markets; corporations? capital-raising, performance of underwriters; investment strategies of nonprofits; U.S. mutual fund industry; over-the-counter derivatives market worldwide; what's happening inside Wall Street investment banks and retail brokerages; burgeoning 401(k), 401(a), 457 and 403(b) plan markets, hedge-funds; over-the-counter derivates market worldwide; key issues in mutual fund governance; international mutual fund industry; non-US institutional money manager mandate activity; loan syndicating and investment markets; ongoing search activities of the U.S. defined benefit pension fund industry; back-office issues of broker/dealers, investment adviser firms and custodian banks around the globe; generation sales, power trading, and capital market activity; marketing of investment management, financial and advisory services to the high-net-worth arena; all aspects of the securitization markets (ABS, MBS, CMBS, RMBS, CDOs and CLOs) from a worldwide perspective. Full-text of all newsletters, special studies and reports, including their archives, special guest columns from the industry's top experts for the latest cutting-edge perspectives, weekly market data and charts analysis; and breakdown of deals, trends and other issues; E-mail alerts of important, breaking stories. The services shall provide enterprise wide access via IP address to investor newsletters. Online access shall be for all SEC staff agency-wide and include unlimited access to the product content. The service shall also provide print subscriptions for a total of no more than 50 copies to the various investor newsletters. Currently Available Investor Newsletters: Alternative Investment News, BondWeek (BW), Compliance Reporter (CR), Corporate Financing Week (CFW), Defined Contribution News, Derivatives Week (DW), Foundation Endowment Money Management, Fund Action Foundation, Fund Marketing Alert, Global Fund News, Global Money Management, Hedge Fund Daily, Loan Market Week, Money Management Letter, Operations Management (OM), Private Asset Management, Power Finance & Risk (PFR), Real Estate Finance & Investment (REFI), Securitization, Wall Street Letter. The Period of performance shall be for 12 months from date of award. Quoters are encouraged to submit Base Year and 4 option years pricing. Award is anticipated in May 2005. The Government intends to issue a commercial item purchase order for the above items to the responsible vendor whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. EVALUATION FACTORS: 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (JAN 1999) - Award will be made to the responsible Quoters whose quote is considered to be most advantageous to the Government, The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: (1) technical acceptability, (2) past performance for requirements that are similar to the SEC requirement. Quoters shall provide complete client contact information so that reference checks may be conducted, and (3) price. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions; therefore, it is critical that each quote be fully responsive. This evaluation will be based on information provided by the contractor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, which is not identified in the Business (financial) Quote-Part I or Technical Quote-Part II, but may do so at its discretion. Only authorized representatives shall submit quotes. Please carefully review the commercial item clauses for information about requirements and instructions for submitting a quotation. Quotations that do not include prices for all items will not be considered. CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS: The full text of clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acqnet.gov/far. The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation: 52-212.1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Jan 2005); 52.212-3 -- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. (Mar 2005); FAR clause 52-212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items (Oct. 2003); FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Apr 2005) in paragraph (b) the following clauses apply; 52.222-3, 52.222-19,52.222.21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.232-33, 52.232-36, 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) also applies. Quotes submitted in response to this RFQ shall be in two separate parts: Part I Business (financial) Quote and Part II - Technical Quote. The Business (financial) Quote-Part I and Technical Quote-Part II shall be separate and complete so that evaluation of one may be accomplished independently of the other. Each Quoter shall submit two signed copies each of the Business (financial) Quote-Part I and Technical Quote-Part II. Request for Quotation number SECHQ1-05-Q-0118 shall be referenced on the Business (financial) Quote-Part I and Technical Quote-Part II. Quoters shall in the first 2 pages of their Business (financial) Quote-Part I and Technical Quote-Part II identify and explain any exceptions, deviations taken or conditional assumptions made with respect to the quote being offered versus the requirements of the contract. Any exceptions, etc., taken shall contain sufficient amplification and justification to permit evaluation. All benefits to the SEC shall be explained for each exception taken. Such exceptions will not, of themselves, automatically cause a quote to be termed unacceptable unless they fail to provide sufficient benefits to the SEC, or result in material deviations from the requirements of the contract as stated in SECTION C-DESCRIPTION/SPECS/WORK STATEMENT above. Offers are due no later than May 11, 2005, 2:00 p.m. local time. Offers received after this date and time will not be considered for award. Hand delivery, postal, or express mail address is: Securities and Exchange Commission, Attn: K. Davis, 6432 General Green Way, MS-20, Alexandria, VA 22312. Offers may also e-mailed to daviskh@sec.gov. The anticipated date of award is on or about May 16, 2005. No other methods of submission will be accepted. All future information about this RFQ including amendments shall be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition.
- Place of Performance
- Address: CONUS
- Country: US
- Country: US
- Record
- SN00803511-W 20050511/050509212215 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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