Base Notice: Reuter's Online Gold Sheets/Middle Markets/Gold Sheets Hard Copy

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the Department of Treasury, intends to issue a sole source purchase order utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation, 3 Times Square, 17th Floor, New York, NY, 10036, for on-line access to the LPC Gold Sheets Weekly, LPC Gold Sheets Middle Markets applications, and Gold Sheets Hard Copy Publications. LPC’s applications provide up-to-date statistical and analytical information, and breaking news on syndicated credits in an electronic format that can be easily disseminated to OCC offices. This information allows examiners, analysts, and other interested parties to track loan syndications on a continual basis. The Gold Sheets Weekly application focuses on the primary and secondary loan markets, while the Middle Markets application provides information on middle market deals. LPC is the sole provider of this critical information. The purchase order will represent a renewal to the agency’s existing subscriptions. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; a solicitation document will not be issued. All information received within 5 days after the date of this notice with pricing and sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirement will be considered by the OCC. A determination not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the OCC. Information received will be considered primarily for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.