Corporate Registry Data Web Access PWS.docx

Performance Work Statement Internal Revenue Service Corporate Registry Tools & Data Web Access Subscription Contract

1. INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires standardized, consistent electronic international data research services to all employees. The objective of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) is to obtain electronic international business data services, especially for APAC and European regions of the World, that provide a powerful tax administration tool for IRS. The IRS requires online access to an off-the-shelf International Business database available via Web Access. The resultant contract will be for one year only.

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

The IRS is seeking subscription data services from Moody’s Corporation to support issue identification, case selection, issue resolution, and advanced analytics for global enterprise risk modeling. The success of these filing and post-filing activities depends on information that extends beyond legacy IRS information and regulatory filings. To keep up with the complex, interconnected, and dynamic nature of international taxation, including changing tax avoidance schemes and the legal and regulatory environment, the IRS must have access to the right data to ascertain and address issues, including transfer pricing transactions which result in income shifting, foreign ownership in U.S. controlled corporations, money laundering, attributable country-by-country earnings and taxes, and longitudinal details on global M&A activity. The Moody’s ORBIS suite and related tools and data provide the most complete and robust source of information on global entities, both public and private, that can be paired with existing IRS data to achieve these objectives.

The following Moody’s tools and databases mainly associated with the ORBIS Suite (formerly the Bureau van Dijk, or BvD product suite) are to be provided:

1. Orbis

2. TP Catalyst

3. Loan Agreements – standard model –

4. OSIRIS

5. Global Reports

6. Datamonitor

7. News

8. ORBIS M&A (fka as Zephyr)

9. GRID Review Orbis

10. T-Rank

11. T-Rank Power & Conditions

12. ORBIS Intellectual Property (fka ORBIS IP (Patents)

13. Individual Patent Values (fka Individual Patent Values)

14. Financial Strength

15. Compliance Catalyst v.2 Basic (fka Compliance Catalyst/CCv2)

16. Original Documents

a. AIDA images (Private Company Source Documents: Italy)

b. Source Documents: Banks

c. BEL-FIRST Standard (Private Company Source Documents: Belgium)

d. FAME C (Private Company Source Documents: UK)

e. FAME Irish Images (Private Company Source Documents: Ireland)

f. MARKUS G (Private Company Source Documents: Germany)

g. SABI Images (Private Company Source Documents: Spain)

3. REQUIRED SERVICES

Moody’s shall notify the COR at least 30 days in advance of any changes in operation or functionality of the research system.

Moody’s shall certify that future enhancements provided to Moody’s commercial customers at no cost shall accrue to the government at no cost. Future enhancements (tools and services) provided to the Contractor’s commercial customers at an additional charge shall be offered to the government at a rate equal to or less than the commercial rate. The government reserves the right to accept or reject each enhancement.

If Moody’s can no longer provide contracted content Moody’s shall notify the COR, explaining any deviations they are proposing at least 30 days in advance of any changes.

If the IRS determines that a dropped source is material to the IRS, the COR will request from Moody’s a list of comparable replacement sources. The IRS reserves the right to approve offered replacement sources. If the comparable sources offered by Moody’s are not acceptable to the IRS, Moody’s shall propose price reductions for those discontinued sources. Any price reductions shall take effect on the date the sources are no longer available online.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD – REQUIRED SERVICES

Moody’s provides access to its ORBIS suite of tools (specified in Section 2 above) on a 24-hour 7- day basis. Any changes to the ORBIS suite of tools must follow the procedures outlined above. Any updates will be completed with the same frequency as available to normal commercial customers.

4. REQUIRED DATA

Moody’s shall provide full access to their tools and data to each user, including the data included in the specified in Section 2 above. Moody’s will allow users to easily export all relevant information, save analyses, and search sets for future use. In addition, any IRS’ analysis on data from the ORBIS suite can be shared with third parties if the IRS develops its own unique presentations. This includes sharing source documents, when necessary, with third parties to support the IRS tax position.

The IRS seeks the ability to effectively research international businesses, both public and private, as well as details about their assets, structures, ownership, and other information.

The following data categories are mandatory.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD – REQUIRED DATA

The data shall be updated with the same frequency as available to normal commercial customers.

5. INFORMATION ACCESS

Moody’s tools and data shall be available to all IRS employees via a high-speed Internet website. Initially, Moody’s will assign IRS employees with a username and password. Moody’s will provide select IRS POCs access to the Orbis User Administration Application, allowing just those designated employees the ability to add and delete users, and provide and change passwords. Access will be available to IRS employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD – INFORMATION ACCESS

Requested information is provided to all IRS users as follows:

• Work products shall be produced using Microsoft Office 365 version of Microsoft Excel, Access, and Word. PDF file format must be supported. In addition, the vendor shall:

· Maintain compatibility with the latest version of the Microsoft Operating System and Excel, Access, and Word applications,

· Complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and

· Available online using high-speed network and modem connections, as well as through the IRS Intranet using a Web Browser on http port 80.

• Website access is by username and password.

• Password changes are restricted to IRS User and IRS Point-of-Contact (POC).

6. HELP/SUPPORT

Moody’s will:

PERFORMANCE STANDARD – HELP/SUPPORT

Help/Support will:

7. TRAINING UPON REQUEST

The IRS uses an e-learning strategy, including virtual classes, in addition to the traditional classroom-based approach. This provides the benefit of continuous learning opportunities for all employees. The IRS’ objective is to provide sufficient training to enable users to achieve a level of comfort that allows efficient use of Moody’s tools and data. This will require ongoing work through the life of the contract to identify additional training needs and develop initiatives to address those needs.

Training will be provided on request. The vendor will work with the IRS POCs to develop the type of training and the training agenda.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD – TRAINING UPON REQUEST

• Training was provided upon demand as requested by the IRS’ POC.

8. AUTHORIZED POINTS OF CONTACT

Authorized Points of Contact under this contract are all employees of the IRS. The IRS Points-of-Contact will be named upon award. The Lead IRS Contracting Officer’s Representative, COR, is Lolita Mangham. The Alternative COR is Alison Williams.

9. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The contractor will deliver the web-based subscription database and tools on the same day as the first day of the period of performance, March 25, 2025. This will be done without interruption to any ongoing contracts.

One Year: March 25, 2025 – March 24, 2026

10. QUALITY ASSURANCE

The IRS POC will monitor the performance of the contractor through direct observation of the contractor’s subscription service performance. The IRS POC will assess the performance of the contractor’s subscription service performance in accordance with the performance standards set forth in this Performance Work Statement.

12. INVOICES

This is an advance pay subscription contract for the total annual contract amount. Contract number must be on all future invoices. Payment will be based on satisfactory performance. Invoices must be submitted via the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) at www.ipp.gov.

Duplicate Copy of Invoices will be electronically delivered to the COR.

13. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY – N/A. There will be no Government furnished property provided under this contract requirement.

14. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS – N/A. There are no Security Requirements needed under this contract requirement.

15. SECTION 508

Section 508 included in clauses below.

IR1052.239-9000 Section 508 Information, Documentation and Support (Dec 2019) IR1052.239-9001 Section 508 Conformance (Dec 2019) IR1052.239.9002 Section 508 Service