Intent to Sole Source Bloomberg Subscription Services

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board plans to award a sole source contract to Bloomberg Financial L.P. to continue its current subscriptions to Bloomberg Anywhere Services and Bloomberg Professional Terminal Services. This contract encompasses a one-year base period with the option to extend for four additional one-year periods. The services provided under this contract include direct access to Bloomberg financial data and information, tools for programming and automating data extraction for weekly reporting, real-time news mapping, and connectivity to exclusive Bloomberg news and aggregated wire services utilized in daily Agency reports. Additionally, the contract grants access to Bloomberg's supplemental products such as Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg Law. The contracting opportunity is identified under solicitation number TIB-2020-RFI-0003 and is managed by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board's Office, based in Washington, DC. The contract supports the organization's ongoing need for comprehensive and timely financial information critical for its operations. Matthew Hamilton is the point of contact for this solicitation. The NAICS code associated with the contract is 519130, which covers internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals.