Award of Sole Source Contract

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency hereby gives notice of their intent to award a contract to Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, 130 Turner Street, Suite 400, 4th Floor, Waltham, MA 20245 on a sole source basis utilizing FAR 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, procedures in accordance with 41 USC 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. CRA Wiz is a commercial off the shelf software application and data sets, which includes licensing, maintenance, training, and technical support services used to assist the OCC Bank Examiners in their evaluation of the national bank compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Based on market research, no other vendor is capable of providing the CRA Wiz products, which are proprietary to Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. The Period of Performance for this requirement is 10/01/2014 through 9/30/2015.

This is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement within three days after date of publication of this notice, which shall be considered by the Government. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence to clearly be able to provide the services outlined in this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.