Sole Source - S&P Global PLATTS Data

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
PROGC230066
Agency
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
513120 Periodical Publishers
PSC
7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
Place of performance
District of Columbia 20581, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission intends to award a sole-source contract to S&P Global Platts for various commodity and financial data feeds. The proprietary data feeds cover European gas, US gas, US power, petroleum, metals and related analytics. The contract would have a one-year base period and a single one-year option, for a total period of performance of two years. The agency has determined S&P Global Platts is the only responsible source that can provide this proprietary market data. Responses to this pre-solicitation notice are due by May 19, 2023.

There is no set-aside designated for this requirement. As a sole-source procurement, it is anticipated the award would be made to incumbent S&P Global Platts on or around June 30, 2023. The notice does not provide any potential award values or budget ranges. Key details include the various proprietary data subscriptions that would be procured to support the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's regulatory operations.

Notice text

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") intends to negotiate and award a sole-source contract for the procurement of various commodity and financial data feeds from S&P Global Platts.  The Government intends to procure this requirement under FAR 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.  CFTC intends to award a contract with a one-year base period, and a single one-year option, for a total period of performance of two years.

The information contained in the S&P Global Platts subscriptions are proprietary to S&P and CFTC knows of no alternative source that can provide the information offered in the subscriptions below.  The list of the subscriptions that CFTC intends to procure from S&P is as follows:

European Gas Daily Package

Gas Daily Gas Daily

Inside FERC Bidweek Watch add-on

Inside FERC's Gas Market Report add-on

Inside FERC's Gas Market Report Package

Market Data - Petroleum (Bloomberg)

Market Data - Petroleum (ProphetX)

Market Data Dynamic (Bloomberg)

Market Data Dynamic

Market Data Dynamic (ProphetX)

Market Data Metals add-on to PMA (Bloomberg)

Megawatt Daily add-on

Megawatt Daily Package

Metals Alert (Bloomberg)

Metals Daily

Oilgram Price Report Package

Without access to this data, CFTC’s regulatory operations would be significantly impeded and there would be an increased risk to achieving CFTC’s mission.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS nor a solicitation of offers. However, the Government will consider written responses from all responsible sources received by 5:00pm ET, May 19, 2023. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes for future Market Research requirements. No formal solicitation package is available. The Government anticipates award on or about June 30, 2023. The Government will not be responsible for any costs of preparation in response to this announcement.

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