Argus media

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center seeks a firm-fixed-price purchase order for Argus Media subscription services to support federal royalty auditing operations, with quotations due August 21 and questions due August 17. This is a sole-source, non-competitive procurement justified under FAR Part 12 simplified procedures, as Argus is the only federally approved Price Reporting Agency meeting ONRR's requirements per 30 CFR 1206.104.

The subscription covers Argus Americas Crude and Argus Coal Daily published price assessments. Deliverables include daily crude oil price assessments for U.S. Gulf Coast, midcontinent, west coast, Canada, and Latin America regions; daily U.S. coal market pricing and analysis; PDF-formatted publications; Microsoft Excel data sets accessible via email or download; and functional API access for audit compliance and market analysis. The scope specifies 5 desktop users for Americas Crude and 1 desktop user for Coal Daily, with API delivery for both products. The period of performance runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031, consisting of a base year plus four optional years. NAICS code is 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services; PSC is DA10, IT and Telecom—Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service.

Award evaluation criteria include completeness, technical acceptability, past performance, and price. The government reserves the right to request additional discounts and to decline award if pricing is not fair and reasonable or if terms cannot be agreed upon. Submit quotations via email to Heather_Smith@ibc.doi.gov.