Online Subscription for Compustat Services

In accordance with FAR Part 5, this notice is being posted to advise the General Public of the following: The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), on behalf of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition with the Standard and Poors IMS for the subscription for the Compustat Services using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13). Any responses received as a result of this notice, shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Responses will NOT be considered as either proposals or bids. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition, based upon any written responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Other Information: Electronic submissions, in response to this Notice, shall reference SS-OCC-09-0060 and be sent to the attention of P. White via e-mail to [email protected]. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 2:00 PM ET, Friday, September 8, 2009. Please note that an RFQ document is not available at this time.