SSJ SAM.pdf

This document appears to be a Justification and Approval (J&A) for a sole source procurement of "Clarus SEFView and Clarus SDRView Professional" software by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

The CFTC requires access to real-time, diversified financial news, information and data to support its market regulation mission. The Clarus products provide normalized and aggregated SEF and SDR data, data drilldown functions, benchmarks, linked rate/credit/FX data, and full history of SEF data, which the CFTC has determined is only available from Clarus and is necessary to fulfill its requirements. As Clarus is the sole provider of the required information and data, the CFTC plans to procure the products under the sole source authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). The anticipated contract will have a one-year period of performance. The CFTC will consider responses from responsible sources to determine if a competitive procurement is feasible, but the sole source determination is at the CFTC's sole discretion.