Fitch Solutions Subscription

Pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b), the Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Fitch Solutions to obtain an online subscription to Fitch Solutions Online Services containing the industry research, analysis, forecasts and data with easy-to-use features for online searching, viewing contents, ad hoc reporting and data exporting for customized analyses. ITA-wide access will be through the Common Data Platform (CDP) on the organization’s intranet. ITA’s industry, trade, country and economic staff located in over 100 offices throughout the U.S. and Embassies and Consulates in more than 70 countries worldwide currently use BMO to perform tasks in support of ITA’s mission including: Evaluate market access for customer counseling and business matchmaking Research latest industry and trade data for official reports, presentations, briefings and memos Market analysis including recent developments and forecasts Preparing for trade/congressional delegations Industry country-specific profiles are particularly important to ITA’s export promotion and trade counseling services to U.S. businesses on top prospective markets, industry forecasts in a market, and competitive intelligence for business matchmaking. Market intelligence on key industry sectors and deaily news updates keep ITA industry experts current and inform their analysis for USG internal strategic discussions. BMI rankings of market data provide quantitativ3e input for the methodology in industry studies, often released to the public. The intent of this notice is not to request competitive quotations and no solicitation is available or will be issued. Any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. Interested parties may submit a description of their firms' capabilities for satisfying the requirement, which demonstrates they possess the ability to successfully perform this effort. All questions concerning this matter should be addressed directly to the Contract Specialist, Fayez Slim at [email protected]