Notice_of_Intent_to_Sole_Source.docx

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to solicit, negotiate, and/or award a sole source Purchase Order (PO) contract to Moody Analytics, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007 for Financial Services. The services to be provided include access to a suite of comprehensive financial ratings information such as: CreditView, Residential Mortgage-Backed Research, Commercial Mortgage-Backed Research, RiskCal Model, CreditEdge Model, Automated data feeds for RiskCal and CreditEdge, Databases Economic Reports and Forecasts, and Twelve Years of historical credit rating data. The contractor shall monitor client usage patterns. These tasks will be delivered on-line as an electronic financial subscription service.

This contract award will be for a Purchase Order contract issued on a Fixed Price (FP) basis. The anticipated period of performance is for one 12-month Base Period and four 12-month Option Periods, for a total contract period of 5 years.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 519130, INTERNET PUBLISHING AND BROADCASTING AND WEB SEARCH PORTALS. The applicable Size Standard is 500 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is R710, Financial Services.

Services are being procured under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Also see 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1).

THIS IS A NOTICE ONLY AND IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR OFFERS OR PROPOSALS. The determination not to open this requirement to competition is at the sole discretion of the Government. The intent of this notice is for informational purposes only.

Interested firms responding to this notice must provide a capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfil the Government’s requirements for the above. The capability statement shall be sufficient enough in detail, but not exceed ten (10) pages TOTAL, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the above requirement.

CONSTRAINTS: None

Only electronic copies of capability statements will be accepted and shall be submitted to Cynthia Claiborne-Norman at cynthia.s.claiborne-norman@hud.gov and Kenneth L. Gipson at Kenneth.L.Gipson@HUD.gov.

The email shall contain the following subject line: Response to Notice-Housing Price Forecasting and Financial Services Requirement. No information or credentials offered via telephone will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any cost associated with providing capability information.

All interested firms should submit their capability statements no later than 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time on Monday, December 23, 2013, to the attention of the contacts listed above. Late responses will not be considered.

Contracting Office Address:

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, GNMA Support Division, 451 Seventh St. SW, Room 5266, Washington, DC 20410

Point of Contact(s):

Kenneth L. Gipson , Sr. Contract Specialist, (202) 402-2489