Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Bloomberg Anywhere and Terminal Licenses

Closed Special Notice Posted

Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau within the Department of the Treasury, has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source a contract with Bloomberg Finance LP for Bloomberg Anywhere and Terminal Licenses. The notice concerns a proprietary stand-alone system that provides real-time news, data, analysis, and multimedia services on a single platform. The contract will be a renewal of existing licenses, specifically covering five Terminal and 17 Anywhere Licenses for the Bloomberg platform. The procurement will utilize FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedure for Certain Commercial Items, indicating a streamlined acquisition approach. The notice was posted on May 20, 2025, with responses due by June 3, 2025.

The primary objective of this Special Notice is to inform potential vendors about the OCC's intent to award a sole source contract to Bloomberg Finance LP for continued access to their information platform. The initial performance period will run from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with a potential one-year option period. While this is not a competitive solicitation, the OCC will consider any information received by the requested date that includes pricing and technical documentation demonstrating capability to meet the requirement. Contractors should note that the determination to proceed with a non-competitive procurement is entirely at the OCC's discretion. The notice falls under NAICS Category 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services) and PSC Category R605 (Support-Administrative: Library). Interested parties are advised that no formal solicitation document will be issued, and the primary purpose of any responses is to help the OCC determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Notice text

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, intends to issue a sole source contract utilizing FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedure for Certain Commercial Items to Bloomberg Finance LP, New York, NY for Bloomberg Anywhere and Terminal Licences. This is a proprietary stand-alone system that provides the OCC will real-time news, data, analysis, and multimedia services on a single easy-to-use platform. The contract will represent a renewal of the OCC's existing licenses for Bloomberg Anywhere and Bloomberg Terminals. This renewal will include five Terminal and 17 Anywhere Licenses Bloomberg platform. The initial period of performance for this requirement is October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with one one-year option period.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quote; a solicitation document will not be issued. All information received by requested date with pricing and sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement will be considered by the OCC. A determination not to compete this proposed contract action based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the OCC. Information received will be considered primarily for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

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