Financial Times Enterprise License - FT Corporate Digital Content

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FINANCIAL TIMES - SS-CFPB-15-0090 The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), intends to make award to The Financial Times LTD, 1 Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HL, United Kingdom, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1 for Financial Times Enterprise License - FT Corporate Digital Content License. The CFPB subscribes to various other primary sources of economic, financial management, technology, and international trade coverage, including NY Times and the Wall Street Journal. CFPB relies on different economic and financial management reseller's analysis to gather and analyze available information to better understand consumers, financial services providers, and consumer financial markets. A library of various subscriptions is required to meet CFPB's mission. Due to the proprietary content of the data, Financial Times does not have any resellers. FT.com provides unique coverage of domestic and international financial news and political commentary derived from Financial Times journalists and editors. In addition to news coverage FT.com provides access to interactive Markets data, commentary forum (Alphaville) and in-depth analysis of economic markets and financial news. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will NOT be accepted. Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 1400 (10:00am ET) August 25, 2015. Responses must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, Attn: MWOMACK, MFORBES.REF SS-OFR-15-0090. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing the requested requirement. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, is more advantageous to the Government, and is received by the aforementioned deadline, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to The Financial Times LTD. Qualified contractors must provide the following: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, etc.). Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. 2. Whether your services are available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market. 3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, description of database contents, and a list of customers to which your company currently provides these products/services. 4. DUNS Number. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, and .zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this notice are advised that their response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice.