7A-- USTR Clarkson Subscription Sole Source J&A
Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- DOIDFBO260093
- Agency
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Interior Business Center
Office of Policy Management and Budget, Department of the Interior
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, issued a sole source justification on behalf of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for a Clarkson Research subscription service; no response deadline is specified. The justification supports a noncompetitive award to Clarkson Research Limited under FAR 12.102(a) based on exclusive licensing and proprietary data. USTR requires access to Clarkson Research's Shipping Intelligence Network and World Fleet Register to conduct mission-critical trade data analysis on maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries, with particular focus on China's shipbuilding capacity. The contracting officer determined Clarkson Research is the only reasonably available source because competing commercial services do not provide identical subscription databases with the specialized maritime and shipbuilding intelligence USTR needs; Clarkson's data collection, storage, indexing, and reporting methodology is proprietary and unavailable elsewhere. Market research included a notice of intent to sole source posted to SAM.gov on August 15, 2026, which closed August 31, 2026, with no competing responses. Solicitation number 140D0426Q0882 applies to this determination, which falls below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold for a commercial product. Vendor contact: Clarkson Research Limited (UEI W94PNK61J8E8), Karunesh Ratnam-Evans, Krunesh.ratamn-evans@clarksons.com.
Notice text
US Trade Representative Sole Source Justification for Clarkson Research Subscription Services
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sole_Source_Justification_-_EOP_USTR_Clarkson_1.pdf |
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