Bloomberg Online Financial Services

Intent to Sole Source: The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), intends to negotiate a sole-source procurement with Bloomberg Financial for a subscription to their Online Financial Services. The Government intends to award a contract for a base period of one year and four option years. Contractor's deliverable product must provide: Up to six (6) licenses. All news pertaining to the global fixed-income markets. The range is from real time to 365 days historically. Historical data on a broad range of fixed-income securities, including U.S. Treasury securities and auction history, mortgaged-backed securities, Agency securities, municipal securities, asset-backed securities, corporate debt, collateralized mortgaged obligations, zero coupon instruments, with Excel spreadsheet capabilities for customized analysis. Historical data must include market valuation. Historical data must be available: On a daily basis for the previous 2 years; On a weekly basis for the previous 5 years; and On a monthly basis for the previous 10 years. Complete security description on a broad range of fixed income securities, including asset-backed securities. Securities description must include security class (such as, municipal, asset-backed, mortgage backed), up-to-date credit rating information, and current market values. Ability to monitor and provide live prices for on- and off- the run U.S. Treasury securities, including when-issued markets and futures markets. Data on repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury, Agency, and mortgaged-backed securities. Data must include market valuation, access to live repurchase agreements (repos), pricing, and broker screens. Access to various fixed-income on-line trading firms' screens. Access to bond valuations, credit ratings, repo analysis and other analytical tools. Ability to customize composite screens for quick access to data. Provide real-time equity valuation and pricing services. Provide 24-hour customer support with market segment experts. Provide information on significant trends and issues concerning clearance, settlement, T+1, and technology advancements in the fixed-income markets. Provide thorough and up-to-the-minute information on critical regulatory and legislative issues for the fixed income, Treasury, derivatives markets, and financial services industry. Provide timely and accurate When Issued (WI) rate information for U.S. Treasury securities being auctioned. Provide inter- and intra- day graphs for price and yield for U.S. Treasury securities. A request for more information will not be considered an affirmative response. No solicitation document is available. If no affirmative written response is received, that clearly demonstrates the ability to meet all the requirements, and that is more advantageous to the Government, we intend to negotiate a sole-source award to Bloomberg Financial. Telephone inquires will not be accepted. Responses to this requiest may be emailed to [email protected] - Attention: G. Huffman - J. Oberlin.