Subscription Services to Financial Times

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to award a sole source contract for a one-year base and four one-year options under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The contractor is F.T. Publications, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019-5400. F.T. Publications will provide subscription services to The Financial Times (FT) which is distributed through third-party sources such as Dow Jones/EWB but with significant embargoes enforced. This Digital License agreement allows embargo agreement be lifted for content delivered via Factiva/EWB thereby allowing for timely retrieval of news published by Financial Times/FT.com. Access to Financial Times and FT.com via Factiva allows for all FHFA to seamlessly access the FT's content without having to enter user names or passwords for Financial Times/FT.com content. FHFA is also seeking a contract with FT because it allows FHFA employees to view all www.ft.com content via Factiva/Editorial Work Bench. The contract would also allow for a percentage of users to access FT.com via individualized logins. FHFA subscribes to major daily newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and major financial publications that cover global issues such as, the Economist, Bloomberg News, the Harvard Business Review various economic and housing finance niche publications. The Financial Times has been and could continue to be a valuable addition to these sources. Additionally, the Financial Times contains daily international financial news. Nearly all topics covered by the FT are relevant to FHFA, such as emerging markets, equity, debt, currency, capital markets, Economics, housing, world news, company news and editorials. Only Financial Times/FT.com can provide access to their proprietary articles. Financial Time will satisfy agency requirements for access to specific essential source of business news and information, comments, and data and analysis for the financial business community. The information is vital to agency's effective oversight and regulation of the Enterprises and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. This action will result in a Firm-Fixed Price contract. The applicable NAICS is 519130-Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. There are no-set-asides identified for this procurement. This Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract is not a request for competitive bids. Any other sources capable of providing all the services prescribed above are invited to demonstrate capability by submitting capability statements and other documents and pricing that demonstrate capability and/cost savings to provide the above services to [email protected] Respondents should refer to "Financial Time". A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon receipt of any responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.