RFI_GAO-16-RFI-8912_BUS_ _FINANCIAL_REPORTING.doc

RFI / GAO-16-RF1-8912

Special Notice

Request for Information (RFI)

GAO-16-RFI-8912

Re: Subscription for Business and Financial Reporting GAO is seeking information on an online database subscription that provides access to Business Information Reports, Public Records searches, and Company Investigations. This subscription will be used as an information solution for determining a company's profitability, stability and payment performance. Information typically found in this report also supports general company research and decision-making in a range of other functions, such as marketing, underwriting, legal services and purchasing.

Scope of Work: • The subscription must provide:

An online database that provides access to Business Information Reports, Public Records searches, and Company Investigations.

The Subscription must provide:

1. Unlimited User IDs

2. Easy access to a user-friendly website

3. Monthly Usage Statements

4. Webinar/In-Person Trainings as needed

5. Customer service/consultants to help with technical issues, data quality issues, new user IDs, etc.

6. Access to 20 reports which should include the following information:

a. Executive Summary

b. Business Information

c. History & Operations

i. Business History

ii. Government Activity Summary

iii. Operations Data

d. Industry Data

e. Financial Statements

f. Public Data

i. Judgments

ii. Suits

iii. Liens

iv. Bankruptcy

g. Analytics

i. Commercial Credit Score

ii. Financial Stress Score

iii. Advanced Paydex + CLR

7. Ability to customize reports

8. Free investigations when data is missing or out of date.

9. Predictive analytics such as predicting the likelihood that a company will still be in business 12 months from now.

This is not a request for proposals, nor a guarantee for a future solicitation. This is an exploratory request for information purposes only. There is no GAO contract to present at this time. GAO needs information to understand the feasibility of obtaining the information described above.

Please provide a response to this request no later than 2PM ET, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 to Darion A. Phillips at phillipsda@gao.gov. Questions may be submitted by e-mail to Darion A. Phillips. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information.