SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Annual Database Subscription
- Notice Date
- 6/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Avery 5F, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-5312, United States
- ZIP Code
- 26106-5312
- Solicitation Number
- SS-OFR-14-0069
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2014
- Point of Contact
- Gina Hanna, Fax: (304) 480-7204
- E-Mail Address
-
PSB3@bpd.treas.gov
(PSB3@bpd.treas.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE ETFGI LLP SS-OFR-14-0069 The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) intends to make award to ETFGI LLP, 60 Gresham Street London, EC2V 7BB United Kingdom, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, for information on the ownership of Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange Traded Products (ETP) and their underlying institutional ownership by number of shares and asset class. OFR is charged with monitoring risks across broad market sectors. OFR's publication Market Monitor provides guidance on market trends, and asset allocation, ownership, and performance. The OFR Research and Analysis group requires information on the ownership of Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange Traded Products (ETP) and their underlying institutional ownership by number of shares and asset class. Concern has arisen over the use and ownership of ETF's and their more volatile cousins ETP's. ETP's are derivatively-priced, where the value is derived from another investment instrument such as a commodity, currency, or share price. The last recession was in part brought on by rapid fluctuations in derivatives pricing. In order to track and predict volatility in these vehicles which now total $2.49 trillion in the US and global markets; it is essential that OFR possess information on institutional share ownership of EFTs and ETPs (which are leveraged products). OFR uses this information as published in the Markets Monitor to provide internal information to decision makers on market direction and risk mitigation. Share ownership by banks, sovereign wealth funds and the like is necessary to assist in the analysis and prediction of major market movements. Information, particularly for derivatively priced products, must be accurate and current, preferably by daily information from the 55 major world exchanges. Therefore, OFR requires information on the institutional ownership of ETF and ETP shares and the share portions allocated to various asset classes in order to fulfill the OFR mission of monitoring and mitigating financial market risk and downside volatility. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will NOT be accepted. Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 1400 (2:00pm ET) July 8, 2014. Responses must be submitted electronically to PSB3@bpd.treas.gov, Attn: GHANNA.REF SS-OFR-14-0069. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing the requested database. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, is more advantageous to the Government, and is received by the aforementioned deadline, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to ETFGI LLP. Qualified contractors must provide the following: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, etc.). Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. 2. Whether your services are available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market. 3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers your company currently provides these products/services for. 4. DUNS Number. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered:.bat,.cmd,.com,.exe,.pif,.rar,.scr,.vbs,.hta,.cpl, and.zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this notice are advised that their response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice.
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