Markit Data Research Suite

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) Division of Procurement Services, on behalf of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), intends to make award to Markit Group Limited intends to make award to Markit Group, 620 8th Ave, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10018, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1 for the Markit Data Research Suite.

OFR requires transactional security lending data that provides market insight into the current market liquidity by asset class. Service must provide information from the principal lenders of record (the principal five custodial banks such as State Street) as well as other sources. Detailed data is required with summary statistics on lendable assets, returns, and group average return results. Data is required for 5 years for historical and current securities lending data across all asset classes which shall include the following fields: Cusip, market, loan value, lendable value, total balance value, total balance quantity, collateral currency, dividend, rebate, reinvestment rate, fee business set type and business location. Additionally, necessary service shall provide quarterly reports regarding the state of the securities lending market as well as summarized statics broken down by asset class detailing lendable assets and group average return results.

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 10:00 AM EST May 3, 2019. Responses must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, Attn: SRB/BB REF SS-OFR-19-021. Vendor responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the proposed product is capable of meeting all of the characteristics of the Markit Data Research Suite. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements and is received by the aforementioned deadline, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to Markit Group Limited.

Qualified contractors must provide the following:

1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size and socioeconomic category (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 product is 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, should one be issued.

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