Renewal and/or New Purchase of Various Inside Mortgage Finance Publications, Inc. -- Newsletters and Data Subscriptions

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source Indefinite-Delivery / Indefinite Quantity contract to Inside Mortgage Finance Publications, Inc. (IMFPubs), 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1000, Bethesda, MD 20814-7019 to renew and/or purchase individual subscriptions to various newsletters and data subscriptions as shown below under the authority of "Only One Responsible Source”. Inside Mortgage Finance Inside MBS & ABS Inside The GSEs Inside Nonconforming Markets Inside Mortgage Trends Inside the CFPB Inside FHA/VA Lending Mortgage Market Update Mortgage Market Statistical Annual (data subscription) IMF (data subscription) IMFPubs owns and publishes, and owns the copyrights for, the above mortgage industry newsletters and data products. The information published in IMFPubs’ newsletters is collected through their proprietary lender survey and they maintain a proprietary database. IMFPubs also uses publicly available resources such as SEC filings, call reports, etc. IMFPubs’ copyrights cover the newsletters and the analysis provided along with the way the data are presented. Though IMFPubs does not own the data except what they collect through their surveys, there is no other publisher in the commercial space that provides what IMFPubs produces on the mortgage finance industry, which includes data on mortgage loan originations and servicing, including subprime data, home-equity lending and extensive statistics on loan securitization, and the government-sponsored enterprises. The anticipated ordering period of the contract is five years from date of award. Pursuant to FAR 16.504(a), the total maximum quantity of all services under the resultant IDIQ contract shall not exceed $1,550,000.00 over the life of the contract. The applicable NAICS is 513120 - Periodical Publishers. This notice is neither a request for quotations nor a solicitation of offers. No formal solicitation package is available. Interested sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient to determine that a comparable source to the Government is available. The Government shall be the sole source of determining an offeror's ability to meet all requirements. The Government will consider all expressions of interest received prior to the close of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Only written responses sent via electronic mail to [email protected] will be accepted. The responses shall be received by no later than the response date and time indicated on this Special Notice. The Government will not be responsible for any costs in the preparation of responses to this announcement.