Bloomberg Professional Terminal for the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

BLOOMBERG L.P. - SS-OFR-15-0092

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) intends to make award to Bloomberg L.P., 731 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022-1331, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, for Bloomberg Professional Services (Terminal).

Bloomberg Professional Service (Terminal) covers sovereigns, credit, mortgages, money markets, municipal bonds, individual securities, preferred equity, private equity, market movements, public companies, economics, research, commodities, indexes, currencies, and derivatives. Real-time financial data from the previously mentioned markets is critical for OFR to complete is mission. Bloomberg Professional Service is singularly unique in that it aggregates all of the aforementioned financial markets into one product in a real-time format. The aggregation of these data in a real-time format is imperative for OFR to support its mission of simultaneous systemic risk analysis across all financial markets. The level of aggregate market intelligence data and news information that Bloomberg provides cannot be gained through any other source. Also, Bloomberg's practice of providing unlimited training for each terminal makes the Bloomberg Professional Service (Terminal) singularly unique in the marketplace. Bloomberg's uniqueness expands to the remote access capabilities for it's users; Bloomberg users can access via mobile devices, i.e. home PC, phone, etc. This allows the OFR research and analysis team to maximize research efforts in all settings throughout the globe. OFR's mission is to promote financial stability by looking across the financial system to measure and analyze threats to financial stability. The risks for OFR of having insufficient, out of date financial data are mitigated using the Bloomberg Professional Service (Terminal) due to Bloomberg's real-time data updates. Bloomberg's extensive data inventory also allows OFR to perform future analysis on projects that have not been planned for due to unforseen threats to financial stability.

NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will NOT be accepted.

Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 1400 (2:00pm ET) August 31, 2015. Responses must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, with a subject line consisting of "Attn: BBurnworth/MF, SS-OFR-15-0092". Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing the requested requirement. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, is more advantageous to the Government, and is received by the aforementioned deadline, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to Bloomberg L.P.

Qualified contractors must provide the following:

1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, etc.). Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses.

2. Whether your services are available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market.

3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers your company currently provides these products/services for.

4. DUNS Number.

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, and .zip files.

Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable.

No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time.

This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this notice are advised that their response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice.