76 -- Internet Source for News Retrieval and Stock Quotes

This solicitation is being issued as Intent to Award on a sole source basis to Factiva, 1400 L Street NW, Suite 460, Washington, DC 20005, for an Internet source for news retrieval and stock quotations in support of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement and regulatory activities, in accordance with FAR PART 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The SEC requires a service that shall provide news retrieval for a minimum of ninety(90) days and as recent as one to two minutes old along with stock quotations that provide a maximum 15-minute delay on quotes of common stocks. In addition to current news, the service shall provide an archival library of publications and at least 25 years of historical price quotes on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, market indexes and options, and historical data on exchange rates for more than 150 currencies. The historical averages shall include daily high, low, close, and volume available for the last trading year for industrials, composite indexes. At a minimum, the information shall consist of business and economic news from such sources as the Dow Jones News Service Wire and include full-text from newspaper sources such as the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and popular business magazines such as Barrons, Business Week, Forbes, and Fortune. This service shall allow flexible searching using such parameters as date, source, and keyword. The service shall provide a news tracking and alert feature that allows each user to customize the service to fit individual needs. The information shall be available thru the Internet using Commission owned personal computers. Interested parties are advised that no solicitation is available for this acquisition. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement or to submit a capability statement. The period of performance shall be for one year. Accordingly the SEC intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Factiva.