The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), is seeking qualified contractors to serve as broker-dealers to sell and liquidate securities obligations for the Department of the Treasury as described in the attached file. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the contractor is capable of providing the requested services. Qualified contractors must provide the following: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, Woman-owned, etc.) based on NAICS Code 523120, size standard $7.0m. Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. 2. Whether your services are available through an existing Government contract vehicle (please provide the contract number) or on the Open Market. 3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, experience and a list of customers (either public or private sector) your company currently provides these services for. Supplied references should include, at a minimum, a contact name, phone number, and email address 4. Contractors should provide their DUNS, if applicable. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, and .zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Sources Sought Notice will be provided at this time. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this notice are advised that their response is not an offer that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice. Please note that any subsequent solicitation will not reference this Sources Sought Notice. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Notice. Telephone responses to, or inquiries about, this Notice will NOT be accepted. Responses to this Notice must be submitted no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on September 26, 2012. Responses must be submitted electronically to
[email protected], with the subject line "RFI-BPD-12-0118, Attn: GB/AZ."