The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Southern Region Midstates Section Procurement Office intends to award a Sole Source Purchase Order to S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC, 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041. The requirement is for the purchase of S&P Global Market Intelligence brand name database subscription. S&P Credit Analytics provides access to all data and models in Credit Analytics, uses its proprietary model and global, public and private financial data, to establish synthetic credit ratings. The IRS uses the synthetic credit ratings to audit arm’s length interest rates used by Taxpayers for debt financing. The proposed procurement is made under the authority granted under FAR 13.106-1(b) Brand Name Sole Source Justification for Acquisition sat or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. The NAICS code is 519130. This notice is neither a request for proposals nor a solicitation of offers. Any other interested organizations must submit a written statement of their capabilities and qualification to fulfill this requirement to the identified point of contact as soon as possible, but not later than 10:00 (CST) on August 24, 2021. Any such statement of capabilities and qualification received by the deadline will be evaluated solely or for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All inquiries and concerns shall be addressed in writing to Contract Specialist Yvette Terrell,
[email protected].