Intent to Sole Source Inside Mortgage Finance

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE Enterprise Access Subscription Inside Mortgage Finance SS-CFPB-20-109 The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) Division of Procurement Services, on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), intends to make award to Inside Mortgage Finance, 7910 Woodmont Avenue Suite 1000, Bethesda MD 20814-7019 on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) for Enterprise Access subscription service, including access to all (8) Inside Mortgage Finance Publications, for 150 interchangeable users. Inside Mortgage Finance provides electronic publications and supporting data specific to residential mortgage business activities and mortgage securities. The publications' information and the supporting data allow staff to monitor mortgage sector activities with up-to-date information provided weekly. No other source offers information or data supporting the complete requirements, as follows: Mortgage Servicers Data by Quarter; Jumbo Mortgage Originations and Jumbo Lenders Information; Bank/Thrift Mortgage Repurchase/Indemnification Activity Data; MBS and ABS Issuance Data; Bank & Thrift ABS Holdings Data by Quarter; Non-Agency MBS Rating by Company by Quarter data. Inside Mortgage Finance demonstrates the ability to provide information and supporting data in both data categories, such as reports specific to Mortgage Servicers Data by quarter, GSE Loss Mitigation Activity Data, MBS and ABS Issuance Data, and REIT Investors by quarter. 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 1:00 PM EST August 17, 2020. Responses must be submitted electronically to contact@example.gov, Attn: Schofield/Camacho REF SS-CFPB-20-109. Vendor responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the proposed product is capable of meeting all of the characteristics of the services needed and described above. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements and is received by the aforementioned deadline, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to Inside Mortgage Finance. Qualified contractors must provide the following: The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size and socioeconomic category (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. Whether your product is available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market. A narrative description of how your proposal meets all of the characteristics needed for the subscription. 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 your company currently provides these products/services for. 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, should one be issued.