KtMine Database Subscription
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 5000094763
- Agency
- Internal Revenue Service Department of the Treasury
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 205AE920P00251 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 519190 All Other Information Services
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Internal Revenue Service published a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice to award a contract to Paribus LLC for access to their ktMINE database subscription. The ktMINE historical IP agreement database was identified as the only resource meeting the IRS' critical requirements of providing broad access to a wide range of full-text IP agreements dating back to 2000, with effective search functionality and direct database access without downloads. Due to the unique nature of the IRS' needs, no other contractors were considered acceptable for pricing related party IP transactions frequently encountered in multi-national firm audits. Contract 205AE920P00251 was awarded to Paribus LLC for an unknown value on August 14, 2020 to provide the ktMINE database subscription.
Notice text
The Internal Revenue Service intends to issue a Sole Source Purchase Order using the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source; or brand name specification, to Paribus LLC, 940 W Adams St Ste 100, Chicago, IL 60607-3749. Access to a historical, robust IP agreement database is critical to pricing related party IP transactions. Intercompany IP issues are present in a significant portion of IRS audits of Multi-national firms. We researched IP databases available and the ktMINE product was best suited to our needs. The database is both broad, i.e., provide access to a wide range of IP agreements and deep, i.e., it must have historical data going back to the year 2000 or earlier. A critical requirement is that the IRS must have direct access to full-text agreements without the need to download the agreements. Furthermore, the database must have effective search functionality and the ktMINE tools allow for easy navigation of the database. ktMINE meets the IRS’ requirements. Due to the uniqueness of this requirement, no other contractors are acceptable. This procurement is a SOLE-SOURCE and NO solicitation is available. Letters and phone calls will not be accepted and will be considered non-responsive to this announcement.
Awarded contract 205AE920P00251 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2020-08-14.
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