Residential Housing Pipeline Database Subscription

INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE ORDER

The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to award a sole source order to McGraw Hill for Residential Housing Pipeline Database Subscription. The authority permitting a sole source acquisition is FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii): under the authority of the test program for commercial items (section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996) or the authority of the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (41 U.S.C. 428a) - Sole Source (including brand name) Acquisitions. The subscription will consist of a base year plus four option years. According to preliminary market research conducted, McGraw Hill is the sole provider of a subscription to a database that contains the most complete data and tools for analyzing the multi-family housing market nationwide. These data and research products will be used by HUD's field economists in the Economic and Market Analysis Division in their ongoing studies of local housing market conditions by providing much needed market data, particularly relating to residential housing construction information.

This is a unique online tool that allows the user access to various housing related data, pipeline analytics and pipeline residential data by geographic area throughout the country. The multi-family data included is at a level of coverage that provides a number of variables in many market areas for analysts to access and study. The online nature of the database will allow HUD's field economists to access the data they need for specific geographic areas across the country when they need it. In addition to providing housing related pipeline data, the subscription also provides data analytics, pipeline residential data, and data by Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than April 2, 2014, 1PM CT. Responses shall be submitted to Thomas.L.Youngs@hud.gov. Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. The name of your company;
2. Company DUNS No.;
3. POC name and contact information;
4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing a renewal for the specific items mentioned above; and,
5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities.
6. The subject line of the email shall state "APP-R-2014-044: Capabilities for Demonstrating Pipeline Functionality" or it will be deleted as junk mail.

It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with the McGraw Hill Pipeline mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product capable of meeting the Government's needs.
A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.