Intent to Sole Source - PitchBook Data sets

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

PitchBook Data Inc.

SS-OFR-23-047
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 PitchBook Data, Inc, 901 5th Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98164 on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, for Subscription Services. 

The Office of Financial Research (OFR), Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and

Departmental Office (DO) requires a contract for PitchBook Leveraged Commentary Data (LCD). 

The government requires financial, historical and transactional datasets, portal(s), feed(s), or

Streamed data:

• Downloadable financial data solution without data caps (download size limitations).
• Persisted data should be included if applicable.  Please note all downloaded data must be capable of being exported to Excel as well as common statistical and data analytic packages such as Mat Lab and Python.
• Terminal based solutions are not acceptable.
• Information provided must be updated as frequently possible consistent with industry practice. 

PitchBook Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD; corporate credit data) contains daily analysis on: LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index including price, return, and index level information; weekly reports providing weekly secondary rating and industry spreads, total return figures and index levels; and monthly reviews consisting of index general characteristics, results, risk-return profile, default/distress statistics, and repayment analysis. The LCD product is accessed via a web portal with screening, charting and Excel plug-in capabilities.

The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be a twelve (12) month base period with two (2) option periods of twelve (12) months each. The total estimated value of this purchase order will not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

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 03/07/2023. Responses must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, FactSet /Attn: KZ – ED. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows your company is capable of providing the content described in this notice. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

If no written response is received by the aforementioned deadline that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, and that is more advantageous to the Government, Fiscal Service will make award on a sole source basis to PitchBook.

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. UEI Number.

3. Specific details of the product(s) that your company offers in regards to this notice.

4. Whether your content is available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market.

5. 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 to whom your company currently provides the specific required content.

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 and Adobe compatible documents are acceptable.

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

The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be a twelve (12) month base period with two (2) option periods of twelve (12) months each. Fiscal Service may consider information received no later than 4:00PM (ET) on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, PitchBook /Attn: KZ – ED.