76--Subscriptions for Critical Minerals Market Reports

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to CRU International Ltd (CRU) in accordance with FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and Commercial Services, for subscriptions for 10 market reports on critical minerals, to be delivered to Reston, Virginia. The period of performance is one year from the date the contractor receives the purchase order. There are three one-year option periods. CRU is the only known source for this requirement because its market reports contain proprietary unique data sets that forecast and cover global production, production capacity, trade, consumption, demand drivers, and prices, on "upstream" (e.g. mining, smelting, refining, etc.) markets for these minerals. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501(a) Sole source (including brand name) acquisitions. All responsible sources may submit a response to this notice by no later than 02/20/2026 which shall be considered by the agency. However, this notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations/proposals. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. It is anticipated a firm-fixed price purchase order will be awarded on or about 02/25/2026. The NAICS code is 513120 Periodical Publishers. The size standard is 1000 employees. Questions must be submitted in writing to Daniel Galvin at [email protected] (reference no. 140G0125Q0175 in the subject line).