SPECIAL NOTICE TO SOLE SOURCE: Agency: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) POC: Corey DiBenedetto | email:
[email protected] For: 100 user licenses to Daily Tax Report, the Office of General Counsel seeks to obtain 3 user licenses to Bloomberg Law International Trade News, and the Office of International Affairs seeks to obtain 10 user licenses to Bloomberg Law International Trade News. The Office of Treasury Procurement Services (OTPS); Operations Support Branch, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition with Bloomberg Industry Group for user licenses to Bloomberg Law International Trade News, and Bloomberg Law International Trade News with the approximate start date of January 1, 2020. The Offices of General Counsel and International Affairs require a data service in support of mission critical research. The data service requires access to current news and analysis of banking legislation, important state and international legislative regulatory policy, litigation, laws, cases, and investments at state and federal levels, from Capitol Hill and key financial centers around the world. This service is updated with Hill Watch that is published at key intervals during each Congress session. The offices require the ability to research the Tax Core database on the full text of congressional tax bills, IRS regulations and guidance, court decisions, official reports, statements, transcripts, memoranda, rulings, opinions, and other materials issued by public and private sector agencies and organizations in Washington, DC, and nationwide as well as monitor all tax issues, which is mission critical. In addition, the service needs to allow for the tracking of details on banking in the European Union and Japan, as well monitor public policy decisions and developments to keep the offices informed of comprehensive developments regarding employment, personnel issues and labor relations development. It also needs to provide the additional requirement of tax-exempt data and analysis, interactive data pricing, and real-time secondary market data required by the offices. A 12-month base and one (1), twelve (12) month option period are contemplated for this acquisition. These services are currently in place. 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 1:00 PM, EST on December 9, 2019. Responses shall be submitted to Corey DiBenedetto 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 Bloomberg Law International Trade News 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.