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x x copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT

THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Parkersburg WV 26101 200 Third Street

FSA-PARKERSBURG

Avery 5F Administration Branch Division of Procurement Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Parkersburg WV 26101 Attn: B. Burnworth

FSA-BBURNWORTH

200 Third Street Avery 5F Division of Procurement Bureau of the Fiscal Service

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

FACILITY CODE CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

01/30/2014

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of this amendment 000004 is to extend the due date for proposals, answer vendor provided questions, replace the Addendum to 52.212-1 and the Addendum to 52.212-2, and replace Attachment A1.

Proposals are now due by 1000 EST (10 am) on March 10, 2014.

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

GINA HANNA

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

Responses to Additional Trade and Quote Questions

Question 1: Does the Office of Financial Research (OFR) require the “Offeror” to store and maintain all TAQ data on the “Offerors” site and make the data available to the OFR via FTP within 24 hours, or is the request to only deliver the data to the OFR data center via FTP within 24 hours? The total quantity of historical data in uncompressed form from 1993 through present is close to 120TB, and there is an additional 20TB of uncompressed data each year. So the data storage requirements could become quite large.

Answer 1: Pricing for both is requested, and should be separated by base year and each option year.

Question 2: Our understanding is you no longer require real-time data which shall be updated with no more than industry standard latency. "Latency" refers to the time it takes for a stock quote to get from an exchange's server to a trader's screen.

Answer 2: Correct – this requirement was removed.

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUL 2013)

NOTICE TO FIRMS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT

In accordance with FAR 9.405, offers are not solicited from firms debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment. Ineligible firms shall consider this an informational copy only.

PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

The Offeror assumes full responsibility for ensuring all electronic materials and attachments submitted are formatted in accordance with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Security Requirements. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered:

.bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, html, mhtml, and .zip files

The Government does not allow 3rd party messaging systems/secure mail.

Microsoft Office non-macro enabled compatible documents and .PDF documents are acceptable. If the Offeror determines that other formats are necessary, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to verify with Fiscal Service that those formats are acceptable. Proposal materials with unacceptable or unreadable formats may be found non-responsive.

In addition to the items specified in the solicitation provision above, the following information is necessary to enable proper evaluation of offers in response to this solicitation. NOTE – The Government may remove any proposal from further consideration that does not fully comply with all proposal preparation instructions.

Proposals shall consist of two physically separate documents, individually entitled as stated below.

Volume I – Technical & Past Performance Volume II – Price

VOLUME I – TECHNICAL & PAST PERFORMANCE, shall include the following:

NOTE – No price information shall be included in this volume.

• A cover letter referencing the solicitation number signed by an authorized official of the firm. The cover letter shall include the name, title, telephone number, and e-mail address of the designated point of contact for the proposal.

• Include a statement that the proposal is valid for 90 days from the date of the solicitation closing.

• License Agreement with no contradictions to the clauses included within this solicitation. If the provided agreement has been previously negotiated with the Department of Treasury, please note as such.

• Completed blocks 12, 17 (to include DUNS number), and 30 of the Standard Form 1449.

• Acknowledgement of Amendments - Provide an acknowledgement of amendments, if any. The acknowledgement must reference the amendment number(s).

• Provide whether the use or installation of an additional piece of software in order to access the data proposed is required. If so, provide the software details.

• Acknowledgement that you agree to the terms of the “Use of Information” located on pages 3 and 4. If not, the reasons why you do not agree. Please provide on a track changes document where the issues are.

• Provide the amount of days you require for delivery and any information you require (e.g. user name, e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) in order to meet this delivery timeframe.

• Is your record completed within the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov?

_____; if yes, complete and submit 52.212-3 (b)(1) and (2), highlighted in blue below. If not, please complete SAM registration and indicate in your proposal the date the registration was started.

• INTERNET PAYMENT PLATFORM (IPP) WAIVER

If unable to use IPP for submitting payment requests, complete the attached waiver form (see IPP Waiver Attachment) and submit with proposal.

On the waiver form the Offeror shall indicate the reason(s) and the duration for which it is requesting the waiver. If the Offeror’s current invoicing system is not compatible with IPP, the Offeror shall provide contact information for the person who can work with the IPP administrator to develop an interface. The waiver duration will be for no more than 6 months at which time the Contractor must be fully compliant with IPP requirements, or apply for a follow on waiver with the Contracting Officer.

The Contracting Officer will review the waiver request and either approve or deny the request. If approved, and the Offeror receives award, the Contractor shall submit a copy of the approved waiver along with each emailed invoice. If a copy of the waiver is not attached, the invoice will be rejected.

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) and Microsoft Word are the only acceptable electronic invoicing formats. Invoices must contain the information required in FAR 52.212-4(g).

Technical Acceptability and Risk Factors

The Contractor shall complete the Technical Acceptability Checklist, Attachment A1 (columns D, E and F), and Attachment A2 – Data Field Requirements strictly following the instructions provided in the checklists.

NTE 20 pages are to be provided to substantiate the Go / No Go requirements, optional items, risk factors, and where the Contractor exceeds the minimums as discussed further in Attachment A1.

Past Performance

The Contractor shall send the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ), Solicitation Attachment B, to at least three (3) past performance references. The completed forms shall be provided by the date and time for receipt of offers via email to psb3@fiscal.treasury.gov (Attn: BBurnworth), and shall not be returned directly to the Offeror. The Offeror shall provide in their proposal the name, phone number and email address of a point-of-contact for each of the three (3) past performance references, and include a short description of the contract referenced and the Offeror’s rationale as to why it is relevant. The Government will assess Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) for recent and relevant experience.

• The page limit for the Past Performance Factor is 3 pages, excluding the PPQs.

VOLUME II – PRICE, shall include the following:

• Completed Attachment C - OFR/FSOC requires Trade and Quote Data for up to 25 users for a period of one (1) 12-month base period plus four (4) 12-month option periods. An initial order will be placed for approximately 5 users for 12-months, after which up to 20 additional users (for a maximum total of 25 users) may be added at any time during the contract periods of performance. The Contractor shall provide a firm-fixed-price proposal per month for the datasets to include total number of licenses included and price per additional license for entire product spectrum, if applicable. The Contractor shall submit the entire price structure to include the base period and all four (4) option periods.

Contractors are encouraged to offer any further discounting off their open market pricing and shall identify these as applicable. Offeror shall discuss pricing for all data storage options.

52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors, in descending order of importance, shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical – Go/No Go Factor

Risk Factors

Trade and Quote Data – optional items and where the offeror exceeds the minimums

Past Performance

Price

Risk Factors are more important than optional items, exceeding the minimums and past performance and are significantly more important than price.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

mailto:psb3@fiscal.treasury.gov

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2, EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

Technical - Go/No Go Factor

Proposals will be first evaluated for technical acceptability on a go-no go basis. IF ANY MANDATORY REQUIREMENT IS NOT MET, THE OFFER WILL BE CONSIDERED TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND

THE OFFEROR'S PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE EVALUATED FURTHER.

It is solely within the discretion of the Government to determine if the data offered that exceeds the minimums are of any benefit to the Government.

(a) The Government will award a fixed priced contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible contractor who represents the best value to the Government. The Government will evaluate proposals based on risk, price, and non-price factors to determine the best value to the government. In performing its best value analysis, the Government will compare any relevant differences among the evaluated proposals to determine which proposal offers the overall best value.

(b) The Government may choose to make an award to one or more Offerors.

(c) The Government reserves the right to make award based upon initial offers received, without discussions or negotiations of such offers. Therefore, the initial proposal shall contain the Contractor’s best terms from a technical, past performance, and price standpoint. In addition, it is important that each offer fully address the requirements stated in this solicitation, including any exceptions thereto or deviations there from.

(d) The Government also reserves the right to make a competitive range determination and conduct discussions only with the Offerors included in the competitive range.

Risk Factors The Government will evaluate the risk to the Government for the items to be discussed in line 65, 66 and 67 of Attachment A1.

Past Performance

The Government will evaluate the information obtained from the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) with regards to Quality, Timeliness, Billing, Problem Resolution, and Customer Service.

The Government may use information provided by the Offeror in their proposal submission, information in both Government and commercial databases, and other information available as the Contracting Officer determines is reasonable.

For recent and relevant PPQs, the Government will evaluate the Offeror’s Past Performance. If the Offeror has no recent and relevant past performance readily available (FAR 15.306 (a) (2) (IV)), it will be evaluated as Neutral.

Price Factor

A price analysis will be conducted to determine the quoted price is fair and reasonable.