Property/Casualty Insurance-Specific Accounting and Reporting Training Courses

The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, on behalf of their Surety Bonds Branch of Fiscal Accounting, intends to make an award on a sole source basis to Sovos Compliance, LLC (Sovos), 200 Ballardvale St. Floor 4 Bldg 1, Wilmington, MA 01887-1074 for property/casualty insurance-specific accounting and reporting training courses pursuant to FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1).. Based on the Government's current market research, Sovos Compliance, LLC is the only vendor capable of providing the required learning objectives that covers all regulatory and technical aspects of financial analysis for the property and casualty insurance sector, including International Financial Reporting Standards training. Sovos has 50+ years experience providing this industry specific training with over 1,000 hours directed toward the U.S. Government. Sovos developed and owns their propriety training information and is the sole provider of their training . See attachment labeled - Description of Training Courses. Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 12:00p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing equivalent training courses as Sovos Compliance, LLC. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates the vendor's ability to meet all of the unique qualifications of Sovos Compliance, LLC., then Fiscal Service shall proceed with an award on a sole source basis to Sovos Compliance, LLC. 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. Interested vendors shall provide the following: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, DUNS number, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, etc.) based on NAICS Code 611699, size standard $12 million. 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, as well as a list of customers your company currently provides these products/services for. 4. Complete details of your company's learning objectives that clearly and sufficiently demonstrates that it is an equivalent training to the one stated above without pricing at this time. Responses to this request shall be submitted on or before 12:00 p.m. ET on November 10, 2020 by email to contact@example.gov , referencing - SS-FSA-21-011 Attn: DVASS/TAYERS in the subject line. 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 vendors 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 if the Government determines there is clearly an equivalent training to the Sovos Compliance training courses.