Attachment 1-SP Global Market Intelligence SOW 1.21.2021.pdf

CUI

Statement of Work for

"S&P Global Market Intelligence” January 21, 2021

1. BACKGROUND

The Office of Enforcement (OE) requests that the Commission contract with S&P Global, Inc. for its S&P Global Market Intelligence (Market Intelligence) service, a web-based application to support our oversight of energy markets. S&P Global, Inc. is an energy market information provider that focuses on business, financial, and regulatory information.

2. OBJECTIVE

Market Intelligence, which OE has used since 2008 (previously the SNL Unlimited service, owned and operated by SNL Energy, LLC), provides significant benefit to our ability to conduct energy market surveillance and investigations. As an example, Market Intelligence provides ownership and affiliate information that is utilized by our surveillance screens to accurately determine market positions and by investigations staff to verify ownership. Ownership, affiliation and market concentration of energy market entities are important elements of the Commission's market oversight program.

Additionally, Market Intelligence provides very accurate power plant information, such as configuration, control equipment, fuel source, fuel contract and power purchase agreement details. Market Intelligence also provides information on new and retired power plants and provides a useful and easy way to look up the fleet owned by any market participant. When conducting an inquiry in market participant offer behavior, Market Intelligence provides essential information about technology type, control equipment and fuel costs which allow staff to have a fuller, more complete picture of market participant costs. Staff is also able to quickly learn the size and makeup of a market participant’s generation fleet.

Market Intelligence also provides a large amount of market pricing, such as power, natural gas, and renewable energy certificate pricing, which is not easily available elsewhere and is utilized frequently by OE. This data is used to better understand market participant incentives and help staff develop views of market participant revenue streams. All of this data is available on the website, as easily downloaded excel reports, through a built-in excel query tool, or through database access.

Market Intelligence also has a strong news organization that collates information from multiple sources and allows staff to create automated email reports about any topic, such as the RTO they are monitoring, a company they are investigating, or an industry they are following. Market Intelligence follows most major developments in FERC’s jurisdictional markets as well as providing information on state regulatory proceedings.

3. SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of this Statement of Work (SOW) encompasses Contractor support to provide on-demand agency-wide access through an internet site to:

SOW - "S&P Global Market Intelligence”

• A real-time energy news service

• Asset and ownership database, including affiliate relationships

• Energy and financial markets data and deal database

• Power plant, transmission and gas project status database

• State regulatory proceedings reports

• Easily accessible archives

• E-mail alerts based on user defined industry filters

• Excel spreadsheet data link

4. SPECIFIC TASKS

The Contractor shall be directly responsible for ensuring the accuracy, timeliness and completion of all tasks under this effort. Specifically, the Contractor shall: provide agency-wide access to its Market Intelligence website.

5. OTHER PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Not Applicable.

6. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

A security clearance is not required in performance of this effort.

6.1 Contractor Interfaces

Not applicable.

6.2 Disclosure of Information

Information made available to the Contractor by the Government for the performance or administration of this effort shall be used only for those purposes and shall not be used in any other way without the written agreement of the Contracting Officer (CO).

The Contractor agrees to assume responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of Government records, which are not public information. Each Contractor or employee of the Contractor to whom information may be made available or disclosed shall be notified in writing by the Contractor that such information may be disclosed only for a purpose and to the extent authorized herein.

6.3 Limited Use of Data

Performance of this effort may require the Contractor to access and use data and information proprietary to a Government agency or Government Contractor which is of such a nature that its dissemination or use, other than in performance of this effort, would be adverse to the interests of the Government and/or others.

Contractor and/or Contractor personnel shall not divulge, or release data or information developed or obtained in performance of this effort, until made public by the Government, except to authorized Government personnel or upon written approval of the Contracting Officer (CO). The Contractor shall not use, disclose, or reproduce proprietary data that bears a restrictive legend, other than as required in the performance of this effort. Nothing herein shall preclude the use of any data independently acquired by the Contractor without such limitations or prohibit an agreement at no cost to the Government between the Contractor and the data owner which provides for greater rights to the Contractor.

7. PLACE(S) OF PERFORMANCE

Market Intelligence is a Web-Based application all work will either be performed online or by phone.

8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance for this effort is date of award for a period of one {1) year thereafter, hereto referred to as the Base Period. This effort includes four (4) 1-year option periods, which may be unilaterally exercised by the Government. Each option period shall not exceed one year in duration, unless mutually agreed upon and a formal modification issued.

9. DELIVERABLES/DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE

In fulfillment of this effort, the Contractor shall provide the following deliverables. All deliverables shall be submitted to the COR, unless otherwise agreed upon.

Unless otherwise specified, the Government will have a maximum of ten {10) working days from the day the draft deliverable is received to review the document, provide comments back to the Contractor, approve or disapprove the deliverable(s). The Contractor will also have a maximum of ten {10) working days from the day comments are received to incorporate all changes and submit the final deliverable to the Government. All days identified below are intended to be workdays unless otherwise specified.

The deliverable products required under this contract are an on-demand agency-wide access through an internet site to:

• A real-time energy news service

• Asset and ownership database, including affiliate relationships

• Energy and financial markets data and deal database

• Power plant, transmission and gas project status database

• State regulatory proceedings reports

• Easily accessible archives

• E-mail alerts based on user defined industry filters

9.1 Project Plan

Not applicable.

9.2 Monthly Status Report

9.3 Final Report

9.4 Deliverable Table

9.5 Inspection and Acceptance Criteria

Final inspection and acceptance of all work performed, reports and other deliverables will be performed at the place of delivery by the COR.

9.6 General Acceptance Criteria

General quality measures, as set forth below, will be applied to each work product received from the Contractor under this Statement of Work (SOW).

• Accuracy - Work Products shall be accurate in presentation, technical content, and adherence to accepted elements of style.

• Clarity - Work Products shall be clear and concise. Any/All diagrams shall be easy to understand and be relevant to the supporting narrative.

• Consistency to Requirements - All work products must satisfy the requirements of this statement of work.

• File Editing - All text and diagrammatic files shall be editable by the Government.

• Format - Work Products shall be submitted in hard copy (where applicable) and in media mutually agreed upon prior to submission. Hard copy formats shall follow any specified Directives or Manuals.

• Timeliness - Work Products shall be submitted on or before the due date specified in this statement of work or submitted in accordance with a later scheduled date determined by the Government.

10. QUALITY ASSURANCE

The COR will review all listed deliverables periodically in order to ensure accuracy and quality of product.

11. ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS

11.1 Correspondence

To promote timely and effective administration, correspondence shall be subject to the following procedures:

a) Technical correspondence (where technical issues relating to compliance with the requirements herein) shall be addressed to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) with an information copy to the Contracting Officer (CO) and the Contract Specialist (CS).

b) All other correspondence, including invoices, (that which proposes or otherwise involves waivers, deviations or modifications to the requirements, terms or conditions of this SOW) shall be addressed to the CO and CS with an information copy to the COR.

11.2 Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

a) The COR is the individual within the Program Management function who has overall technical responsibility for this effort the COR supports the CO/CS during administration of this effort by:

1) Making final decisions regarding any recommended rejection of deliverables;

2) Providing technical clarification relative to overall workload matters;

3) Providing advice and guidance to the Contractor in the preparation of deliverables and services;

4) Providing acceptance of deliverable products to assure compliance with requirements.

b) The COR also provide technical direction to the Contractor, i.e., shifting work emphasis between areas of work; fills in details, or otherwise serves to accomplish the purposes of this effort. Technical direction shall be within the general statement of work for this effort. The COR does NOT have the authority to and may NOT issue any technical direction which:

1) Constitutes an assignment of work outside the general scope of this effort;

2) Constitutes a change as defined in the "Changes" clause;

3) In any way causes an increase or decrease in cost or the time required for performance;

4) Changes any of the terms, conditions, or other requirements of this effort; and

5) Suspends or terminates any portion of this effort.

c) All technical direction shall be issued in writing by the COR or will be confirmed by the COR in writing within 10 calendar days after verbal issuance. A copy of the written direction shall be furnished to the CO and the CS.

d) In addition to providing technical direction, the COR will:

1) Monitor the Contractor’s technical progress. including surveillance and assessment of performance, and recommend to the CO and CS, any changes in the requirement;

2) Assist the Contractor in the resolution of technical problems encountered during performance; and

3) Perform inspection and acceptance or recommendation for rejection of Contractor deliverables and identify deficiencies in delivered items. This does not replace any other quality assurance inspection requirements that are specified elsewhere within this SOW.

e) If in the opinion of the Contractor, any instruction or direction issued by the COR is outside of their specific authority, the Contractor shall not proceed but shall notify the CO in writing within 5 working days after receipt of any instruction or direction, with an informational copy to the CS.

f) See the RFQ Section C.5 CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE (COR) APPOINTMENT– LOCAL PROVISION for more information.

12. TRAVEL

13. CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) - NEW CONTRACTS

14. POST AWARD EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE

15. QUALITY CONTROL

All software products purchased from or developed for the FERC by a vendor or Contractor must be certified by the provider to be free of malicious code. The purchase/work order for such software must contain verbiage to the effect that the provider will be held liable for any damage or loss of business as a direct result of malware or malicious code embedded within software licensed to or developed for the FERC under the authority of the purchase/work order.

See the RFQ Section C.7 IT SYSTEMS & SERVICE CONTRACTS-- SECURITY REQUIREMENTS -- LOCAL PROVISION for more information.

16. SECTION 508 COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

Any/all electronic and information technology (EIT) procured through this effort must meet the applicable accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194. 36 CFR 1194 implements Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and is viewable at http://www.section508.gov.

17. SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT

Any IT acquisition that requires procurement of new information technology must comply with the requirements and practices embedded in NIST SP 800-161.

http://www.section508.gov/

18. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY/INFORMATION

19. PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS