Notification of the SEC's Intent to award a Single Source Purchase Order for Alphacution Research subscription

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a single source basis to Alphacution Research Conservatory LLC for premium enterprise subscription to Alphacution’s Research platform. The Contracting Officer has reviewed the requirement and determined that Alphacution is the only source that can reasonably meet the SEC's requirement in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b) because the platform provides unique access to proprietary analysis of the retail market maker segment and there have been no other sources identified that can meet the SEC’s requirement.

The SEC intends to award a purchase order to Alphacution Research Conservatory LLC on or about August 30, 2021.  The total award value of the purchase order will be below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.  The anticipated period of performance is for a Base Period 12 months and up to four Option Periods of 12 months each.

This notice is not a competitive request for proposals. A competitive solicitation will not be issued. However, the government will give consideration to interested parties that identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals by the response date of this notice.