R -- Sole Source Business Information Services

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE. The Dept of Housing and Urban Development, Ginnie Mae intends to award a sole source to the Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARI) for an on line subscription for 3 years and 2 option years for a suite of data base services in support of mortgage and financial services industries including MIDEX. MIDEX provides access to public administration and legal sanctions reported by more than 160 regulatory and oversight organizations in the mortgage, commercial banking, appraisal, and securities industries. MARI is considered the only source for comprehensive mortgage and financial data of this nature. It is considered a unique product available and there are no commercial or non commercial products that offer the same or similar information.This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties who believe they meet these requirements may submit in writing, within 10 calendar days of this notification, complete information describing ability to meet these requirements. Information received will be used solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.