S&P Leveraged Commentary and Data Research Licenses

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) hereby gives notice of its intent to award a contract to Capital IQ, Inc. at 55 Water St 49 Fl., New York, New York 10041 on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The OCC has a requirement to establish a contract for an unlimited number of licenses for access to Standard & Poor's Leveraged Commentary & Data Research (S&P's LCD Research), which provides real-time information in the leverage loan and high yield bond markets, providing information on deal activities, price talk to deal closings in the industry. The service also provides mid-day and market closing information, capturing major events, and changes which have influenced the markets over the course of the day. The data provided by these subscriptions is unique to S&P's LCD Research and cannot be obtained via any other source. This is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the Government will consider responses from all responsible sources received within seven days after date of publication of this notice. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence to clearly be able to provide the services outlined in this notice. Any responses received will only be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in lieu of the sole source described in this notice, and such determination shall be made at the sole discretion of the OCC. A redacted copy of the justification prepared for this procurement will follow at a later date.