Intent to sole source - National Association of Insurance Commissioners InfoPro

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE National Association of Insurance Commission (NAIC) SS-OFR-25-002 The Bureau of the Fiscal Service, on behalf of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) intends to make award to National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1100 Walnut ST STE 1500 Kansas City, MO 64106-2277 on a sole source basis , under authority of FAR 6.302-1, for The National Association of Insurance Commission (NAIC) InfoPro product. The National Association of Insurance Commission (NAIC) has been identified as the only source capable of providing the required content in an arrangement that suits the need of the OFR. The OFR/FSOC needs the National Association of Insurance Commission (NAIC) InfoPro product. InfoPro contains data from the world's largest insurance regulatory database and helps industry leaders determine market share, conduct market research, and monitor industry trends. The NAIC InfoPro product covers a wide variety of insurance data including the following: Property/Casualty, Life/Accident & Health, Health, Title, and Fraternal. The product includes annual data from 1991 to 2024 and contains a series of financial statements; security holdings and transactions; and derivative positions and transactions. The service also provides information on corporate credit risk, market structure, corporate bond markets, Treasury markets, derivative markets, and securities financing data from regulatory filings by insurance firms. These sectors have been important contributors to financial stability risk in the past and continue to be pertinent to OFR's assessment of risk to the financial system. In particular, OFR closely monitors the corporate and Treasury markets, for which insurers hold a significant fraction of securities. The service also includes information on the CDS market, which was a source of instability in the last crisis. Analysis of the NAIC InfoPro data can inform the Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) on various financial stability topics. In particular, OFR can provide analysis on the various markets in which insurance firms participate. This will help shed light on activities that present threats to the financial system including financial intermediation, liquidity management, and the resilience of the financial market network under market stress. These services provided by NAIC InfoPro will also give findings the credibility of historical analysis while enabling OFR/FSOC to create results that are customized to OFR/FSOC needs. The datasets will be used in ongoing research, the Annual Report, and the quarterly Financial Stress Index. The identified contractor, The National Association of Insurance Commission (NAIC) is the provider and is currently the only source for the InfoPro product. 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 10:00 AM EST September 18, 2024. Responses must be submitted electronically to contact@example.gov, Attn: KDZ/JMS REF SOL# SS-OFR-25-002. Vendor responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the proposed service 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 National Association of Insurance Commission (NAIC.) 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