NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - Bureau of National Affairs subscription Services for Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy

SPECIAL NOTICE TO SOLE SOURCE: 2032H325N00012

Agency: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

POC: Angela Gallo | email:  angela.c.gallo@irs.gov

For: Bureau of National Affairs subscription Services for Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy

The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), Treasury Acquisitions, Departmental Offices Branch; Section 1, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 with Bureau of National Affairs for web-based subscription services to Bloomberg Tax (with Daily Tax Report) with the approximate start date of June 1, 2025.

The Department of Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy creates and maintains tax policies and programs, continuously evaluates regulations and rulings for the Internal Revenue Code, negotiates tax treaties, and provides economic and legal policy analysis for domestic and international tax policy decisions. The Office of Tax Policy requires access to a web-based application that allows access to current news and analysis of banking legislation, important state and international legislative regulatory policy, litigation, laws, cases, and investments at state and federal levels, from Capitol Hill and key financial centers around the world. This service must also be updated frequently during each Congress session. Tax Policy must be able to use this service to research full text of congressional tax bills, IRS regulations and guidance, court decisions, official reports, statements, transcripts, memoranda, rulings, opinions, and other materials issued by public and private sector agencies and organizations in Washington, DC, and nationwide. The Contractor shall provide updates by e-mail (up to several times daily). This source will also provide concise summaries of significant regulatory and legislative developments with full text of vital important information for IRS and other tax documents to the offices. This service will be used to monitor all tax issues, which is mission critical.

A 12-month base period and four (4), 12-month option periods are contemplated for this acquisition with an approximate start date of June 1, 2025. These services were previously acquired under contract 2032H322C00003.

No solicitation package will be issued. This special notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than 12:00 PM, EST on April 5, 2025. Responses shall be submitted to Angela Gallo at angela.c.gallo@irs.gov

Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. The name of your company;

2. Company DUNS No and CAGE Code;

3. Point of Contact, and secondary contact, information;

4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing the specific items mentioned above; and,

5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities.

It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with the products mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product capable of meeting the Government's needs.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.