Bloomberg Terminal and Applications

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hereby provides notice of its intent to negotiate and award a sole-source, firm fixed price contract to Bloomberg Finance, LP., 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022-1331, for Bloomberg Terminal and Applications. Funding will be less than 1 million. The contract is expected to be awarded under 6.302-1. The period of performance shall include a base year and four 12 months option periods. A Justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition has been prepared. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. The solicitation number is RFQ0584122804 issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 523999 with a small business size standard of $7.0 million. The Bloomberg Terminal and Applications provide current and historical financial market data and analysis tools that FBI uses in their analysis of the financial markets, mortgage markets and the GSE asset. The FBI will relay on Bloomberg Terminal and Applications to provide a voluminous data housed within Bloomberg's servers, including, but not limited to, financial information, real-time mergers and acquisition transactions, supply-chain analytics, ownership information, around-the-clock world business news, corporate organization charts, U.S. government news and contracts and all other information available to users. Information must be exportable to MS-Excel. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability including license agreement to respond to the requirement. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. All responsible sources may submit an offer; however, only services meeting FBI's requirements may be considered for future award. FBI will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this notice of intent, the Government may determine that a solicitation will be issued. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to be eligible for award. Information concerning CCR registered requirements may be viewed via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling the CCR Registration Center at 1-888-227-2423. Interested parties are encouraged to furnish information. All documents submitted will not be returned. All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirements listed above to Sandra.carr@ic.fbi.gov. The capability documentation should include general information and technical background describing in detail the prospective vendor's capabilities and experience that will demonstrate the ability to support these requirements. Late submissions will NOT be considered. All future information regarding this solicitation, including amendments, will be distributed solely through Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation. NO telephone or facsimile requests for the solicitation will be accepted.