Renewal of Bloomberg Online Financial Subscription Service

Subject to final approval, The Bureau of the Public Debt, Administrative Resource Center, Division of Procurement, intends to negotiate a sole-source procurement, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, to Bloomberg Financial L.P., 731 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022 for the renewal of Bloomberg Online Financial Subscription Service, for a base and four (4) option years. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. The Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) is currently utilizing the Bloomberg Online Financial Subscription Service and is in need of the renewal of this service for 2010 in order to ensure continued performance. A sole source is intended for this order; no other source is known that is fully capable and available to provide the required services. Bloomberg Online Financial Subscription Service is used by Treasury Auction participants, U.S. Treasury policymakers, and debt managers to access historical and prevailing data on U.S. Treasury securities, such as real-time pricing, issue information, and WI rates. The data provided by Bloomberg is proprietary data. It is absolutely critical that BPD have access to this specific service so that they may monitor and verify the information provided by Bloomberg to auction participants and to ensure the integrity and efficiency of the auction process. Bloomberg also provides news and historical data used by offices at BPD to analyze and monitor fixed-income markets. BPD's staff has been trained by Bloomberg personnel on the use of the Bloomberg terminal. Interested respondents shall demonstrate the capability to provide the same level of service, including user training, in a manner as cost effective as renewing services with Bloomberg. BPD will consider all affirmative responses received no later than 10 days after publication of this notice. Affirmative responses shall be accompanied by sufficient documentation to clearly show how it would be advantageous to the Government to switch providers for this requirement (i.e. software costs, training for employees, contingencies, professional environment, and Government securities regulations (GSRS)). 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 it is more advantageous to the Government, BPD intends to negotiate a sole-source award to Bloomberg Financial. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The intended period of performance for this requirement is 12 months from the date of award, plus four (4) option years. Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. Responses to this request can be emailed to [email protected] - Attention: JOAZ .