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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

2. Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

3. Packaging and Marking

4. Inspection and Acceptance Terms

5. Delivery or Performance

6. Contract Administration Data

7. List of Documents, Exhibits, and other Attachments

8. Contract Clauses

1. Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

Incorporated Purchase Requisition Numbers:

2. Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

Item Number Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0001 Structured and Project Finance Deals Database

1 EAC

Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price Unit Price

Extended Price

Description:

Structured and project finance deals database that provides comprehensive deal coverage and deal data spanning multiple industry sectors and world regions.

Base Period: 15 August 2020 to 14 August 2021

Purchase Requisitions

IDC Type: Not Applicable NAICS Code: 519190 All Other Information Services

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

1001 0001 Structured and Project Finance Deals Database

1 EAC

Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price Unit Price

Extended Price

Description:

Structured and project finance deals database that provides comprehensive deal coverage and deal data spanning multiple industry sectors and world regions.

First Option Period: 15 August 2021 to 14 August 2022

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 2

Option Time Date: 8/15/21 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

2001 0001 Structured and Project Finance Deals Database

1 EAC

Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price Unit Price

Extended Price

Description:

Structured and project finance deals database that provides comprehensive deal coverage and deal data spanning multiple industry sectors and world regions.

Second Option Period: 15 August 2022 to 14 August 2023

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 3 Option Time Date: 8/15/22 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

3001 0001 Structured and Project Finance Deals Database

1 EAC

Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price Unit Price

Extended Price

Description:

Structured and project finance deals database that provides comprehensive deal coverage and deal data spanning multiple industry sectors and world regions.

Third Option Period: 15 August 2023 to 14 August 2024

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 4 Option Time Date: 8/15/23 Option Time Duration: 365 Option Time Units: Days

NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical S...

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

4001 0001 Structured and Project Finance Deals Database

1 EAC

Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price Unit Price

Extended Price

Description:

Structured and project finance deals database that provides comprehensive deal coverage and deal data spanning multiple industry sectors and world regions.

Fourth Option Period: 15 August 2024 to 14 August 2025

Purchase Requisitions

Option: 1 Option Time Date: 8/15/24 Option Time Duration: 364 Option Time Units: Days

NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical S...

3. Packaging and Marking

None

4. Inspection and Acceptance Terms

Supplies/Services will be inspected/accepted at:

Line Number Inspect At Inspect By Accept At 0001 Destination

1100 New York Avenue, NW Government Destination

1100 New York Avenue, NW

Washington

DC

20527

US

Washington

DC

20527

US

1001 Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

Government Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

2001 Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

Government Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

3001 Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

Government Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

4001 Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

Government Destination 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

DC

20527

US

5. Delivery or Performance

Line Item: 0001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

8/15/20 8/14/21

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

US 20527

Line Item: 1001

8/15/21 8/14/22

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW

Line Item: 2001

8/15/22 8/14/23

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW

Line Item: 3001

Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

8/15/23 8/14/24

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW

Line Item: 4001

8/15/24 8/14/25

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW

6. Contract Administration Data

Requesting Office Address

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

Property Administration Office Address

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

COR Office Address

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

DONBECK, TINA MARIE

Tina.Donbeck@dfc.gov

Issuing Office Address

DFC

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527 Phone: (202) 312-2160 Fax:

Contact Details:

RASPITHA, ELENA MARIA

elena.raspitha@dfc.gov

7. List of Documents, Exhibits, and other Attachments

None

8. Contract Clauses

Clauses incorporated by reference

Article Number Reference Text 52.212-4 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (OCT 2018)

52.202-1 52.202-1 Definitions (NOV 2013)

52.204-13 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)

52.209-6 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015)

52.209-10 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015)

52.217-5 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JULY 1990)

52.223-18 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011)

52.225-13 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008)

52.232-23 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims (MAY 2014)

52.232-33 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (OCT 2018)

52.232-39 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (JUN 2013)

52.233-1 52.233-1 Disputes (MAY 2014)

52.233-3 52.233-3 Protest after Award (AUG 1996)

52.233-4 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004)

Clauses incorporated by full text

Questions and Answers Questions and Answers:

Question 1: Is an incumbent contractor currently performing these services, if similar services have been performed in the past, or if this is a new requirement. If this is a follow-on requirement, could you please provide the previous contract or task order number?

Answer 1: The current contracts are 713111-19-C-0030 (Mergermarket LTD) and 713111-19-C-0032 (Euromoney Trading

LTD).

Question 2: Could we please have confirmation of the format for the returned documents. In the RFQ it says DFC would like it returned in two volumes. Does each volume mean one document? The request includes data requests from us (1c), would you like separate excel documents for these examples?

Answer 2: The volume does not mean one document; it is just the list of items that need to be provided in that portion of the response. You may put the reports on multiple Excel files or on separate worksheets in one Excel file as long as they are clearly named.

Question 3: What is the name of the team within the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) that will be using this service?

Answer 3: Our preference is that anyone at USIDFC would be able to use this service. We would prefer not to limit to only certain teams, however if that was required, then our two project finance groups (the Office of Development Credit (ODC) and the Structured Finance and Insurance Dept (SFI)) would be the two primary teams.

Question 4: Where will the users be located/ based (I.e. Washington D.C. only or Washington D.C. & Brazil)?

Answer 4: If your quote limits location availability, then DFC would only be interested in access for our staff based in Washington, D.C. If there are options to include any staff posted outside of Washington, D.C., provide the options DFC has to include them.

52.217-8 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days of expiration.

(End of clause)

52.217-9 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days prior to expiration;

provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 60 months .

52.252-1 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

(End of provision)

52.252-2 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text.

Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

52.212-1 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (MAR 2020)

Addendum to 52.212-1

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear in Block 10 of the solicitation cover sheet (SF 1449). However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) This section of the ITO provides general guidance for preparing proposals as well as specific instructions on the format and content of the proposal. The offeror's proposal must include all data and information requested by the

ITO and must be submitted in accordance with these instructions. Non-conformance with the instructions provided in the ITO may result in an unfavorable proposal evaluation.

(c) The proposal shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The proposal should not simply rephrase, restate or merely parrot back the contractual requirements, but rather must provide convincing documentary evidence in support of any conclusionary statements relating to promised performance. Offerors shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their operations and experience, and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offerors proposal.

(d) Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired.

(e) If an offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer (KO) in writing with supporting rationale. The offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this contract(s) based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussions.

(f) Deadline for submission of questions is 27 July 2020, 3:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Answers will be posted through an amendment to the solicitation. All questions shall be submitted by email in writing. Telephonic inquires will not be entertained. Submit your questions to elena.raspitha@dfc.govandmital.pancholi@dfc.gov.All questions received will be answered officially through an amendment to the Request for Quotation for distribution to all prospective Quoters. Questions received after the Eastern Standard Time cut-off date/time will not be accepted by the Government.

(g) Offer due date: August4,2020 at 3:00pm local time. Local Time is: Eastern Standard Time.

(h) PROPOSAL FORMAT. Proposals shall be submitted in two separate volumes as detailed below:

Volume 1 - Response to Technical Factor:

1a- Written Technical Description - that addresses how the quoted items meet the salient characteristics

1b- Deal Database Required Statistics:

1. Total number of transactions in the deal database.

2. Total number of Development Finance Institution (DFI)-related transactions in the deal database.

3. Number of years covered by the deal database.

4. Itemized list of DFC eligible countries that the database does not cover.

5. Specific percentage (%) of deals in the database that have deal pricing.

6. Specific percentage (%) of deals in the database that have deal pricing for transactions supported by

Development Finance Institutions.

1c ? Queries - following queries be performed by the Vendor and results shared with DFC in excel or pdf format as part of the response to this solicitation. Please provide a summary sheet with the list of relevant transactions produced from the query supported by detailed information for each transaction (e.g., a tear sheet per deal).

1. Renewable Energy projects financed, cancelled, or pending in Mexico, Romania, Nigeria, and Philippines in the past 3 years.

2. All DFC (or predecessor, Overseas Private Investment Corp.) deals closed in the past 5 years.

3. Project finance transactions closed, cancelled and pending for ContourGlobal spanning all geographies.

mailto:elena.raspitha@dfc.gov

DFC may require a limited free trial of the database or a live demonstration of the database. However, DFC reserves the right to award purchase orders without product trials or demonstrations. Requesting a trial or demonstration does not allow the Quoter to alter their quote and does not constitute discussions.

Volume 2 - Response to Price Factorshall include the following:

1. Pricing for enterprise license access.

2. Pricing for other user sets where applicable ? three (3) users, five (5) users, etc. and/or any other multiple-user packages offered by the vendor (e.g., limited to certain departments, locations, etc).

3. Vendors must include information on the basic level of access that includes a listing of all features and content that make up the basic plan.

4. Breakout of any content add-ons outside of the basic level of service with specific pricing for each add-on.

5. Pricing for the base and all option periods.

6. Any applicable discounts.

FACTOR I: TECHNICAL. Volume 1a;Written Technical Description,shall describe how the quoted item(s) meet the following four (4) salient characteristics:

1. General System Requirements:

• Available 7 days a week with minimal downtime.

• Internet-based, commercially available off-the-shelf system

• Menu driven and interactive access to all deal information.

• Ability to search deals by specific criteria such as: sector, country, deal size, sponsor, etc.

• Full-text (keyword) searchable.

• Access to a Help Desk or other interactive search assistance.

• Access to subject specialists to provide search guidance beyond the scope of the Help Desk.

• Ability to open, print or save the search results in appropriate formats such as Excel spreadsheets, Word documents or PDFs.

• Ability to set up project alerts that will notify the user of changes to the project.

• Training support in the form of customer oriented on-site training, off-the-shelf online training sessions and/or off-site training seminars.

• At the request of DFC's Information Center Manager, the Vendor will provide quarterly and/or annual usage statistics indicating the number of sessions, number of searches conducted, number of documents downloaded.

• Accurate invoicing, and if there is an error on the invoice, the ability to provide a revised invoice to the client.

2. Basic Deal Data Requirements: Each deal query shall be able to provide the following transactional data tothe extend that is available due to confidentiality of sponsors, borrowers, lenders

• Deal Country

• Deal Sector

• Sponsor Name

• Equity Provider(s)

• Project Costs

• Debt, sub-debt, mezzanine, equity tranches raised to fund the transaction and for each tranche:

• Amount

• Lender(s) or Investor(s)

• Mandated Lead Arranger(s) or Underwriter(s) as applicable

• Currency

• Pricing (all-in price, benchmark index (LIBOR, Treasuries, etc.) and applicable spread)

• Tenor

• Debt/Equity Ratio

• Debt Service Coverage Ratios (DSCRs)

• Any other tranche attributes such as financial covenants that may be available.

• Brief textual overview of the deal

3. Basic Project Data Requirements:project-specific data based on the following categories:

• Sectors - Areas of interest include (essential sectors are highlighted in bold), but are not limited to:

• Power (including Renewable Energy)

• Healthcare

• Housing

• Consumer Goods

• Food (Agribusiness)

• Hospitality/Tourism

• Manufacturing

• Mining/Metals

• Oil & Gas

• Petrochemicals

• Social Infrastructure (PPP)

• Telecoms

• Transport

• Waste

• Water

• Financial Services

• Other sectors and corresponding sub-sectors as appropriate

• Project Type: Greenfield or Brownfield

• Project Stage:

• Pre-Development

• In Development

• Deals In Tender

• Deals In Syndication

• Closed Deals

• In Construction

• Operational

• Decommissioned

• Other suitable categories

4. Additional Features:

• Detailed transaction and borrower profiles.

• Data tracking of both completed and pipeline (prospective or work-in-progress) transactions.

• Ability to create custom analytic reports including league table rankings and volume analysis featuring Development Finance Institutions such as DFC.

• Ability to view daily news articles for latest market and project developments, also accessible via links from project data sets.

• Ability to set up automated report updates.

FACTOR 2: Price. Proposed price will be reviewed to determine if the quote is adequate, complete, and reasonable. The price evaluation will be conducted for each proposal to ensure completeness. Price shall reflect fair market value and be reasonable when compared to the Independent Government Estimate, current market prices for same or similar items, and/or when compared among other quotes.

Paragraph52.212-1(c) is hereby replaced with the following:

The quoter agrees to hold the prices in its quotation firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotations, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the Request for Quotation.

Add the following:

Paragraph 52.212-1 (h)(ii) The Government anticipates awarding a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order from the RFQ. More than one Purchase Order may be awarded from this RFQ. Award(s) will be on an "All OR NONE" basis. Quotes for less than all of the solicited line items will be rejected as nonconforming and unacceptable to the RFQ.

Paragraph 52.212-1(m) ELECTRONIC Quotation. The quotation must be submitted via email to elena.raspitha@dfc.gov by August 4,2020 at 3:00pm EST. Vendors may call Elena Raspitha at 202-312-2160 to verify receipt of the quote. The Government will not be responsible for any failure of transmission or receipt of the quote, or any failure of the vendor to verify receipt of the emailed quote.

ACQUISITION PROCEDURE: This is a commercial item under FAR Part 12 and the acquisition procedures to be used for this purchase will be in accordance with FAR Part 13.5.

SPECIAL NOTE: All vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)prior to award, and lack of registration shall make a quotation ineligible for award. Vendors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via Internet at https://www.sam.gov.

(End of Provision)

52.212-2 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a purchase order(s) resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The technical factor is more important than price. Therefore, award may be made to other than the lowest-price offeror(s). The Government will perform a comparative evaluation (comparing quotes to each other) to select the quote(s) that is best suited and provides the best value, considering the evaluation factors in this solicitation. Adjectival technical or price ratings will not be assigned.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

FACTOR I: TECHNICAL. Thequoted product meets thesalient characteristics; General System Requirements, Basic Deal Data Requirements, Basic Project Data Requirements and Additional Features.

FACTOR 2: Price: Proposed price will be reviewed to determine if the quote is adequate, complete, and reasonable. The price evaluation will be conducted for each proposal to ensure completeness. Price should also reflect fair market value and be reasonable when compared to the independent Government estimate, current market prices for same or similar services and/or when compared among quotes. ?

(b) Options: The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). Option prices will be used to evaluate reasonableness of options exercised using FAR Clause 52.217-8.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC, 20527, US