Notice of Intent to Sole Source for the Renewal of NETL’s SNL Energy Unlimited and Power Forecasting Subscription Services

Notice of Intent to Sole Source for the Renewal of NETL’s SNL Energy Unlimited and Power Forecasting Subscription Services

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to award a purchase order, on a sole source basis to S&P Global Market Intelligence, LLC for the renewal of NETL’s SNL Energy Unlimited and Power Forecasting Subscription Services for a base period of one-year starting 10/01/2020, plus up to four, one-year option periods through 9/30/2025.  This service provides industry intelligence for the power, gas, coal and renewable energy markets and integrates news, data, analysis and research in real time for the energy industry.  It provides access to financial and energy news, regulatory analysis, database services, and written reports.  S&P Global Market Intelligence’s SNL Energy Unlimited and Power Forecasting subscription is proprietary in nature to this specific vendor and no exact-match resellers are available for this continuation of NETL’s subscription services.  This announcement constitutes the only synopsis for this requirement; and is issued for notification purposes only.  No known potential alternate sources exist which could satisfy NETL’s requirement.   

This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal.  Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting the NETL requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill the requirement being requested by 4:00 PM ET on September 4, 2020.  Responses must be submitted in writing to Jennifer.Scharrer@netl.doe.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be received.
 
A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.