Notice of Intent to Sole Source S&P Global Inc.

The Department of the Interior intends to award a sole source contract to S&P Global Inc. for subscription services to several of its commodity market data and pricing publications. The one-year firm fixed price contract will provide the Office of Natural Resources Revenue licenses to S&P Global Commodity Insights publications including Market Data Enterprise packages, Crude Oil & Refined Products Scan packages, Gas Daily packages, Inside FERC's Gas Market Report packages, Inside FERC packages, and Oilgram Price Report packages. These publications are required by federal regulations 30 CFR 1206.101 and 30 CFR 1206-104 for establishing pricing standards for crude oil, natural gas and coal used by both industry and government. Capability statements will be accepted until August 18th, though award is intended to S&P Global as the sole authorized source for the pricing information mandated by regulation.

There is no set-aside designation for this procurement. The primary NAICS code is 519130 and PSC code R425. As the incumbent contractor, S&P Global Inc. is identified as able to fulfill the requirement. The value of the one-year firm fixed price contract was not disclosed. The publications will provide licenses for crude oil, natural gas and coal market data over the one year period of performance.