H201900023_Notice_of_Intent_to_Sole_Source_ca20190618_(002).docx

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order to S&P Global Market Intelligence, LLC, 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041-0004, pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(i), under the statutory authority at 41 U.S.C. 1901.

The NAICS Code is 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals with a Size Standard of 1,000. HUD anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to S&P Global Market Intelligence, LLC for this requirement.

Unique Requirements:

The Contractor shall provide unlimited access to S&P RatingsDirect subscription services on the S&P Global Market Intelligence Capital IQ Platform and training. The contractor will provide the capability to gain access to credit ratings, insurance, research, structured finance, US Public Finance, International Public Finance, and infrastructure across the globe.

Specific requirements of the subscription shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

· The ability to generate and obtain, via download, reports by OHP-division users on selected hospitals and related entities,

· The ability to generate monthly reports accessing information specific to the healthcare sector.

· The ability to view expanded detail at the entity and instrument level, view complete S&P Global Ratings’ history, check entity volatility and evaluate peer groups; conduct rich credit analysis on rated entities with S&P Global Ratings’ credit adjusted Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow information on CreditStats Direct, and access financial statement information with robust comparison tools and customized filters.

The Contractor shall also provide diagnostic resource tools, templates and training materials which shall be downloadable (example format, “pdf”) and provide direction and guidance on how to achieve certain desired objectives. Contractor shall provide Help Desk support which must be available 8AM to 5PM ET Monday through Friday with all inquiries answered within 24 hours of receipt.

The Government intends to procure this sole source requirement under Simplified Acquisition Procedures in FAR Part 13 and Commercial procedures in FAR Part 12. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS and a solicitation will not be issued. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written responses are received by Tuesday, July 16th by Noon, EST, an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the government.

Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email no later than Thursday, July 11th at 11am to Deborah Lawrence-Wilson at Deborah.M.Lawrence-Wilson@hud.gov.