Intent to Sole Source - Dealogic Datasets

The Bureau of Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of The Office of Financial Research (OFR), intends to contract with Dealogic LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor New York, New York 10105-0302 on a sole source basis. There is no competitive vendor or regulatory agency that provides these datasets. The proposed Contractor developed and owns the propriety and patented hardware, software and algorithms that are used in these products and support the services specifically required for this acquisition; thereby the proposed source has the sole unique technical and other resources required for this acquisition. OFR requires long-term trend information on principal parties, mergers and acquisitions, and trends in the primary syndicated loan market pursuant to monitoring risks across broad market sectors. Dealogic Debt Capital Market Analytics and Loan Analytics are a competitive benchmarking system covering the Global Debt Capital Market and the Global Syndicated Loans Market. Reporting packages include company rankings by industry and region, deal lists, and profiles of individual transactions. Dealogic M&A Analytics database provides a comprehensive view of merger and acquisition activity worldwide, enabling clients to identify macro level trends in the industry. Detailed research applications include assessing performance against competitors and refining the understanding of competitors' banking relationships with clients. The M&A database incorporates details on over 610,000 global M&A transactions since 1995. M&A Analytics transactions include: Public offers, Open market, purchases, Stock swaps, Buy-outs, Privatizations, Recapitalizations, Share buy-backs, and acquisitions. DCM and Loan Analytics provide comprehensive and real-time coverage of all debt capital market transactions, syndicated loan market transactions, and deal structure globally since 1980 (international and domestic debt transactions, corporate bonds, Asset and Mortgage Backed Securities, preferred stock, global investment grade and leverage financings, including specific markets such as Trade Finance, Shipping Loans, Project Finance). Dealogic M&A Analytics monitors trends in capital allocation, and for monitoring CEO confidence (M&A activity declines when CEOs are less confident). Additionally, Dealogic M&A combines all known public information about the deal onto a comprehensive deal profile, giving researchers a holistic view of historical and current deals to stay abreast of trends across the entire market and analyze transactions, regions, and industries efficiently. The OFR currently uses the proposed contractor's brand name product for the continuing mission to deliver an annual assessment of the state of the U.S. financial system, as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be one 12-month base period with four 12-month options. The total estimated value of this purchase order will exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. 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 05/30/2025. Responses must be submitted electronically to contact@example.gov, Dealogic /Attn: BC - DV. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows your company is capable of providing the content described in this notice. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no written response is received by the aforementioned deadline that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements, and that is more advantageous to the Government, Fiscal Service will make award on a sole source basis to Dealogic. 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. UEI Number. 3. Specific details of the product(s) that your company offers in regards to this notice. 4. Whether your content is available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market. 5. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers to whom your company currently provides the specific required content. 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 and Adobe compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time. The period of performance for this action is to be one (1) twelve month base period with four (4) 12-month option periods after receipt of order (ARO). Fiscal Service may consider information received no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Friday, May 30, 2025, submitted to contact@example.gov, Dealogic / Attn: BC - DV.