The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a sole source Purchase Order to SNL Financial LC (SNL), 1 SNL Plaza, Charlottesville, VA 22902 for Electronic Subscription Services for surveillance of issuers and counterparties. The services to be provided include a suite of comprehensive financial content covering: financial news and analysis, reviews of domestic and global banks, financial industry data, annual and quarterly regulatory filings, bank performance and peer analytics, earning reports, announcements and investor presentations, and research reports. The data provided by SNL supports the integration of financial information that goes directly into the Government National Mortgage Association's (GNMA) proprietary software models and applications to facilitate financial analysis and better manage its risk profile. The contract award will be for a Purchase Order contract issued on a Fixed-Price (FP) basis. The anticipated period of performance is for a 12-month Base Period and four 12-month Option Periods, for a total of 60 months. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 519190, All Other Information Services. The applicable Size Standard is $7 million. The Product Service Code (PSC) is R612, Support - Administrative: Information Retrieval. Services are being procured under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Also see 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1). THIS IS A NOTICE ONLY AND IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR OFFERS OR PROPOSALS. The determination not to open this requirement to competition is at the sole discretion of the Government. The intent of this notice is for informational purposes only. Interested firms responding to this notice must provide a capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement shall be sufficient enough in detail, but not exceed ten (10) pages TOTAL, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the above requirement. Only electronic copies of capability statements will be accepted and shall be submitted to Mr. James Wuest at
[email protected] and Ms. Lynn Smith at
[email protected]. The e-mail shall contain the following subject line: Response to Notice - Electronic Subscription Services Requirement. No information or credentials offered via telephone will be accepted. The Government will not pay for any cost associated with provided capability information. All interested firms should submit their capability statements no later than 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, to the attention of the contacts listed above. Late responses will not be considered. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, GNMA Support Division, 451 Seventh St. SW, Room 5266, Washington, DC 20410 Point of Contact(s): James Wuest, Contract Specialist