SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect/Global Credit Portal Library license
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511199
— All Other Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Export - Import Bank of the United States, Office of Contracting Services, Contracting Services, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20571
- ZIP Code
- 20571
- Solicitation Number
- EXIM-10-Q-0035
- Archive Date
- 10/6/2010
- Point of Contact
- Lorita Jackson, Phone: 2025653317
- E-Mail Address
-
Lorita.Jackson@exim.gov
(Lorita.Jackson@exim.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The versions of provisions and clauses incorporated herein are those in effect as of Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-43 dated 8/02/10. The Export-Import Bank of the United States intends a sole source award for subscription services to Standard & Poor's. The award will be for a base year valued at approximately $60,000.00, plus four option years. The applicable NAICS code is 511199-All Other Publishers, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. There are no set-asides identified for this procurement. The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States' Research Library has a requirement to purchase rating information services from a sole source Standard & Poor, specifically their Ratings Direct Library Service which includes access to their Global Credit Portal an online database that allows for downloading ratings and reports. The materials are used by many Divisions in the bank, including Export Finance, Small Business, Credit and Risk Management, Policy & Planning, and Asset Management both for underwriting new deals and for maintaining existing deals. Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect Library provides crucial ratings materials and analytical support without which The Bank would not be able to make critical financial decisions in its dealings with sovereigns, banks, and companies. The Research Library would like to purchase the Standard & Poor database to use in addition to two other business-focused databases for which Ex-Im Bank has contracted: Fitch and Moody's. This source is complementary to the ratings content in Fitch and Moody's but provides other unique coverage and analysis not available from Fitch or Moody's or anywhere else. Each of the three databases have certain overlapping business content but much unique content, making the purchase of all three necessary to Ex-Im Bank. A Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect/Global Credit Portal Library license subscription provides: Global Issuers, Public Finance, Structured Finance and Global Fixed Income Research. Global Issuers includes Corporates, Financial Institutions, Insurance, Utilities, Insurance, International Public Finance and Sovereign. Structured Finance includes RMBS, CMBS, CDO'S, ABS and ABCP. Standard & Poor's is the only source for certain ratings materials. Many countries banks, and companies have only limited coverage, and it is critical that the Bank have competing credit analysis and opinions from a diverse spectrum of independent sources. This solicitation incorporates the FAR clauses 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Jun 2008); 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Aug 2009)); 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Mar 2009)); 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Dec 2009)); 52.217-8 (Option to Extend the Services (Nov 1999)); 52.217-9 (Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2009)); and 52.237-3 (Continuity of Services (Jan 1991)) for commercial items and services. INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS INTENT TO PROCURE SERVICES ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MS. LORITA JACKSON AT lorita.jackson@exim.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/XMBANK/OAS/CA/EXIM-10-Q-0035/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Export Import Bank of the United States, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, District of Columbia, 20571, United States
- Zip Code: 20571
- Zip Code: 20571
- Record
- SN02280923-W 20100916/100914235659-bd40729bfa1b6a9f7c34d5192a4a1720 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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