Financial Times.com User Licenses

NOTICE OF INTENT The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) intends to award an order to Financial Times.com (FT.com) for the purchase of 200 licenses for Financial Times.com on a sole source basis utilizing FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition, procedures in accordance with 41 USC 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. FT.com is an online newspaper from the United Kingdom that covers the latest international business, finance, economic, and political news. The timely news analysis provides an international perspective on the global economy. In addition, FT.com provides over-the-phone, online and in-person trainings. This requirement will have a period of performance as follows: Base Period: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2017 Option Period 1: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018 Option Period 2: 10/01/2018 - 09/30/2019 Option Period 3: 10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020 This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, firms that believe they can provide a service that fully meets the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a competitive basis, based upon the responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.