Notification of the SEC's Intent to Award a Single Source Purchase Order to WHOIS API, INC.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a single source basis to WHOIS API Inc. for subscription to datasets including: Active WHOIS domain records, Daily WHOIS domain activations for new domains, and Quarterly bulk WHOIS database dumps for each recorded domain-based cumulative record. The contracting officer has determined that WHOIS API Inc. is the only source that can reasonably meet the SEC's requirement in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b) because WHOIS API Inc. is the only known vendor that can provide subscription to the datasets in the format required by the SEC.

The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be one (1) Base Period of 12-months and four (4) Option Periods of 12-months each, and the total value of the purchase order shall be below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.

The SEC intends to award a purchase order to the WHOIS API Inc. on or about February 15, 2018. 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.