Notification of the SEC's Intent to Award a Single Source Purchase Order to SunGard Financial Services, LLC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a single source basis to for subscription to SunGard Financial Services LLC (SunGard) for current and historical fixed income and equities securities lending market data. The contracting officer has determined that SunGard is the only source that can reasonably meet the SEC's requirement in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b). The SEC requires securities lending data that summarizes transaction level data by security by day. SunGard is the only known source that can provide the data with the historical range required by the SEC economists.

The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be one (1) Base Year and two (2) Option Years and the total value of the order shall be below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.

The SEC intends to award a purchase order to SunGard on or about April 2, 2014. 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.