SPECIAL NOTICE
76 -- Risk.Net Premium and Waters Technology online reference data
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Fiscal Service, 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-18-070
- Archive Date
- 9/6/2018
- Point of Contact
- margaret womack, , Brandon Burnworth,
- E-Mail Address
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purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov
(purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE Incisive RWG, SS-OFR-18-070 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 Infopro Digital, Inc. (Incisive RWG, Inc.), 55 Broad Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY, 10004, on a sole source basis, under authority of for journals published on the online portal of Risk.Net and WatersTechnology.com. Infopro Digital, Inc. (Incisive RWG, Inc.), is the only provider of Risk.Net and WatersTechnology.com publications that include the following: 1. The Risk.net provider (Incisive RWG) provides a comprehensive suite of portal accessed online journals. These journals and archives titled Risk.net Premium provide in depth coverage of risk management in the financial markets and are recognized as industry standard references in finance, academia, and the financial regulatory community; including the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Risk.net Premium includes the journal content as well as archived journal and risk.net material for the last 10 years. There is not another publication available providing the same level of depth, coverage, and timeliness; specifically, on the issues of credit risk, market risk, and operational risk within the financial marketplace. Content within Risk.net journals is proprietary and copyrighted intellectual property; therefore, not available through any source other than the publisher. Part of OFR's mandate is to promote best practices in risk management. OFR has entered in to an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to support the CFTC's work with the swap data repositories (SDRs) to harmonize data reporting and improve data quality, data standards and over-the-counter derivative product taxonomies. The CFTC uses the Risk.net publication as a source of information for research and general oversight responsibilities. OFR's relationship with SEC and CFTC and the continued cross agency collaboration in the areas of risk management and derivatives data standards is a driving force as to why the Risk.net suite of journals is the only provider that meets OFR/FSOC's requirement. Access to Risk.net through Infopro Digital, Inc. (Incisive RWG), is required and mission critical to support this interagency initiative with CFTC. Access to Risk.net is also imperative to OFR to support the OFR's broader mandate of promoting best practices in risk management and OFR's ability to produce financial research publications and various markets monitors. 2. Waters Technology's suite of products is the only comprehensive source on reference data for financial products and related information on the underlying trading platform infrastructure. The reference data consists of metadata and algorithms which provide verification on the composition of the underlying elements in a financial instrument; i.e. financial products wrapped into a complex derivative. This capability enables the electronic handoff necessary for expeditious execution of automated trading. OFR and FSOC also require information on the technology infrastructure underlying trading procedures and methodologies and their impact on the execution of trades. Without a comprehensive source for the information; informed decisions on practical policy regarding the structure and identification of financial product subcomponents and the effects of IT infrastructure on automated trade execution are not possible. WatersTechnology.com provides readers with premium business content in one place through a multi-channel platform that data management and technology professionals within financial trading firms rely upon. All the publications listed below are available as online periodicals. The site includes Waters, Inside Reference Data, Inside Market Data, Sellside Technology and Buyside Technology. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by no later than 2:00 pm (EST) on August 22, 2018. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, Attn: M. Womack/B. Burnworth. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence to clearly be able to provide the services outlined in this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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