Notification of the SEC's Intent to Award a Single Source Purchase Order for subscription to the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) system

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a single source basis to The University of Pennsylvania for subscription to the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) system. The system consolidates data from a wide variety of financial and economic sources including several commercial banking databases. The contracting officer has determined that the University of Pennsylvania is the only source that can reasonably meet the SEC's requirement in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b) because WRDS is the only known system that provides the required data in a consolidated and simplified format for analysis.

The SEC intends to award a purchase order to The University of Pennsylvania on or about December 10, 2015. The period of performance of the purchase order is anticipated to be one (1) Base Year and one (1) Option Year. The total award value will be below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.

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.