The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a contract on a Sole Source basis to Moody's Analytics, Inc., New York, NY. The Contracting Officer has determined that Moody's Analytics, Inc. is the only source that can reasonably meet the VBA's requirement pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, Other Than Full and Open Competition - Only One Source. The VBA shall require Moody's Analytics, Inc. to provide a subscription services for the Moody's Analytics economic databases and forecasts providing VBA, Loan Guaranty (LGY) Service with the ability to proactively assess economic and credit conditions in the broader mortgage market and in specific geographic areas, and how those conditions impact our veteran homebuyers and the LGY program's mortgage loan portfolio, both now and in the near future. In turn, LGY Service will be able to develop proactive, data driven policies and procedures to assist Veteran homebuyers and improve the performance of VA loans. The VA would require a full range of products including metro-level economic forecasts and the CreditForecast data. The VA intends to award a contract for a base year plus four one-year option periods. NAICS code 519130 is assigned to this project. This notice is not a competitive request for proposals. A competitive solicitation will not be issued. However, the Government will give consideration to interested parties that identify their interest and capability submitted to the Contracting Officer by 4:00 PM EDST on Monday, August 25, 2014. All responses shall be emailed to Elaine Judson at
[email protected]. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.