Pageant_Media_JA.pdf

UNITED STATES

SECURITI ES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

100 F STREET, NE

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

Office of Acquistions

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items

RQ 65000-16-0082

J&A Log: 2016-0032

Upon the basis of the following justification as required by FAR

13.501(a)(1)(ii), I hereby approve the issuance of the contractual action discussed below using simplified procedures for certain commercial items in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901.

1. Contracting Activity.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549

2. Nature and Description of Action Being Approved:

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a sole source requirement for access to fundaction.com and complianceintel.com as well as print copies of Fund Action & Compliance Reporter. This is a renewal contract action.

3. Description of the supplies or services required to meet the needs of the SEC and the estimated value:

The SEC proposes to negotiate the purchase of continuing services for Global IP access for the following Pageant Media electronic publications:

Fund Action Compliance Reporter

The Pageant Media provides the following:

• Online access to current issues and experts, weekly ma other issues.

• E-mail alerts of request

• A combined total upon request.

the full-text of all newsletters, including archives, special guest columns from industry rket data, information on deals, trends and breaking news stories at individual user's of 25 print copies of the newsletter titles, The estimated contract value is ~ for the base year.

The estimated contract value for the base year and two option years is ~.

4. Statutory Authority for Simplified Procedures for Certain

Commercial Items:

The statutory authority permitting the use of simplified acquisition procedures is ( 41 U . S . C . 1901) FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii) -

Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items applying sole source procedures.

5. Demonstration that the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited:

After publication of a notice seeking other possible suppliers who could meet SEC needs, no responsive capable vendors responded. It was therefore determined that the required information in consolidated and useful format can currently only be obtained from Pageant Media.

6. Efforts to ensure that offers are solicited from as Many

Potential Sources as Possible.

In accordance with FAR 5.203(a), a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract to Pageant Media for the services specified herein was posted to FedBizOpps.gov.

7. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable.

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated cost of this action will be fair and reasonable. Before awarding a contract, the contracting officer will perform additional price analysis in accordance with FAR 13.106-3.

8. Description of a market research conducted and results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted:

The publications are produced under copyright to the publisher, and electronic access to it is provided by the publisher, as the paper resides on the publisher's server. The electronic access must be licensed directly with the publisher, therefore it is not available from any other source.

9. Other Supporting Facts:

None

10. A listing of the sources, if any that expressed, in writing an interest in the acquisition:

None

11. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services required:

The SEC intends to post this signed J&A after award in accordance with 13.501(a)(1)(iii).