Notice of Intent to Sole Source with Bloomberg Finance L. P.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Procurement Management Office, Contracting Operations Division intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Products to Bloomberg Finance L.P., 731 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022.  The Bloomberg Professional Terminal Services and data automation license to Bloomberg's reference data product subscription required can only be provided by Bloomberg because it is proprietary to the vendor and no other vendor may provide this subscription.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 519290.  The resulting contract will be for one year, with a period of performance from March 4, 2025, through March 3, 2026.  The Government intends to solicit and award with one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 for a single license with access to an Internet-based subscription product for real-time financial information for the private and public credit sector and related risk calculators/models.   The Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party’s expense.  All submissions become the property of the Federal Government and will not be returned. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.  Any other interested organizations must submit a written statement of their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill this requirement to the identified point of contact as soon as possible, but no later than 12:00 pm (EST) on February 26, 2025.  E-mailed statements are acceptable, but the senders bear full responsibility to ensure complete transmission and timely receipt.  All inquiries and concerns must be addressed in writing to Lawanda Henry at e-mail address lawanda.henry@usda.gov.  Any such statement of capabilities and qualifications received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis.  A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.