SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Direct- All Regions Subscription
- Notice Date
- 2/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- A-14-037
- Archive Date
- 3/18/2014
- Point of Contact
- Justin C. DeWitt, Phone: 2406138096
- E-Mail Address
-
justin.c.dewitt@irs.gov
(justin.c.dewitt@irs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on behalf of the Department of the Treasury's Office of the Markets Room (MR) intends to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis with Standard & Poor's (S&P) Financial Services LLC, 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041-0004 for an annual subscription to their web subscription services: Ratings Direct Financial Institutions and Ratings Direct Sovereigns - All Regions. The subscription required can only be provided by S&P because it is proprietary to the vendor and no other vendor may provide this subscription. The resulting purchase order will be for a one-year base period and (2) one-year option periods. The period of performance is expected to begin around March 7, 2014. This service is a vital resource to the function of the MR office as it provides users information to make better informed investment decisions with market intelligence. The vital resources are the Ratings Direct Corporates, Financial Institutions, Public Finance US, and Sovereigns All regions web-based services from Standard & Poor's Financial Services (S&P). The offices will be able to get access on the latest news information and analysis of a broad range of financial market intelligence. The Government intends to solicit and award with one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; a solicitation document will not be issued. Any other interested organizations must submit a written statement of their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill this requirement to the identified point of contact as soon as possible, but not later than 12:00 PM (EST) on March 3, 2014. All information received within the deadline of this notice with pricing and sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement will be considered by the IRS. A determination not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the IRS. Information received will be considered primarily for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/IRS/NOPAP/A-14-037/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Online Subscription, United States
- Record
- SN03296012-W 20140227/140225234533-a7057a25438852772d3a34962fca6a64 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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