Intent to Sole Source - Subscription to Trade Data Monitor – Global Access for Office of Intelligence and Analysis

SPECIAL NOTICE TO SOLE SOURCE: Agency: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) POC: Angela C. Ortiz | email: [email protected] For: Subscription to Trade Data Monitor – Global Access for Office of Intelligence and Analysis The Office of Business Solutions Acquisition (OBSA); Treasury Operations Branch, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition with Trade Data Monitor for subscription services online, enterprise access to mission-critical commercial trade data with the approximate start date of September 29, 2020. The service provides online access assist The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) in providing accurate data for senior policymakers who rely on this office in formulating their decisions. Trade Data Monitor also publishes the official import and export merchandise trade for 100+ countries in its proprietary software, The Trade Data Monitor. No other company has compiled or maintains an extensive database. The assembly of the data, cross checking, underlying calculations, and standardized graphical user interface provides and easy and effective navigation of a large set of data. A 12-month base period and two (2), 12-month option periods are contemplated for this acquisition. This is a new service. No solicitation package will be issued. This special notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than 2:00 PM, EDT on September 18, 2020. Responses shall be submitted to Angela C. Ortiz at [email protected]. Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 1. The name of your company; 2. Company DUNS No and CAGE Code; 3. Point of Contact, and secondary contact, information; 4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing the specific items mentioned above; and, 5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities. It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with the FS-ISAC products mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product capable of meeting the Government's needs. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.