SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- CUSIP Database
- Notice Date
- 11/29/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Acquisitions, 100 F Street, NE, MS-4010, Washington, District of Columbia, 20549, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20549
- Solicitation Number
- SECHQ1170017
- Archive Date
- 12/27/2016
- Point of Contact
- Reginald Barnes,
- E-Mail Address
-
barnesr@sec.gov
(barnesr@sec.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. ii) Solicitation SECHQ1170017 is hereby issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). iii) Provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-92 are incorporated. iv) Set-Aside and NAICS Code: This acquisition is not set-aside for small business. The NAICS code for this requirement is 519130 and the size standard is 1000. v) A list of contract line item numbers and items: CLIN 0001 Commission Wide license to CUSIP database and CUSIP Masterfile CLIN 0002 Option year 1, Commission Wide license to CUSIP database and CUSIP Masterfile CLIN 0003 Option year 2, Commission Wide license to CUSIP database and CUSIP Masterfile CLIN 0004 Option year 3, Commission Wide license to CUSIP database and CUSIP Masterfile CLIN 0005 Option year 4, Commission Wide license to CUSIP database and CUSIP Masterfile vi) Description of requirement for the items to be acquired: The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) requires an enterprise-wide license to obtain and use CUSIP data, including CUSIP numbers and descriptions, in electronic format. The CUSIP system is a standard numbering and descriptive methodology utilized throughout the financial community for identifying securities. The contractor shall provide the following data. 1. CUSIP Master File, as follows: a. The data shall include 9-character CUSIP numbers and standardized descriptions for over 4 million active corporate, municipal and government issues in the United States and Canada, including equities and fixed-income securities. b. CUSIP data shall be organized in three files: Issuer, Issue and Issue Attributes. c. The data shall be available in relational database format. d. The data shall be available for transmission via FTP (file transfer protocol). e. The entire Master File shall be delivered to initialize service; thereafter updates must be delivered in the same format as the master file. f. Data updates shall be available intraday, daily and weekly. g. Updates shall contain additions, deletions, and changes to assigned CUSIP numbers and CUSIP descriptions for all securities incorporated in the CUSIP system. h. The contractor shall convey to Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) permission for the SEC to access the Master File via the WRDS Platform. Table definitions and data shall be provided in a standardized format. vii) Date and place of delivery and acceptance and FOB point Delivery will be by way of electronic access from January 31, 2017 through January 30, 2018 for the base year. Four option periods are requested. The anticipated date of contract award is January 10, 2017. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The Government reserves the right not to make an award. viii) Instructions to Offerors Parties responding to this solicitation who believe they can provide the requirements may submit their quote in accordance with their standard commercial practices and include the following: • A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. • The name, addresses, DUNS, and telephone number of the offeror. • All prices shall be FOB destination. • Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. ix) The provision, 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the addendum is below: (a) This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote conforms to the solicitation and is the lowest price. The following factor(s) shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) Technically Acceptable (ii) Price x) Quoters shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3 with its offer, or indicate that representations and certifications are available on-line in the Reps & Certs section of their System for Award Management (SAM) record available at https://www.sam.gov. xi) The clause, 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. xii) The clause 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders Commercial Items, and the additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition. Paragraph (a) and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 52.204-10, 52.209-6, 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-13, 52.232-33. xiii) The following clauses apply to this procurement: 52.252-1 - Solicitation Provisions Incorporated By Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil. 52.252-2 - Clauses Incorporated By Reference (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil. 52.204-4 -- Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (May 2011). 52.216-1 Type of Contract (Apr 1984). The Government contemplates award of a firm fixed-price contract. 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (July 1990) Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government's best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within the period of performance of the contract; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 10 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years. 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 6012.02 SEC 508 Requirements (March 2011) Pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, all electronic and information technology (EIT) products and services developed, acquired, maintained, and/or used under this contract/order must comply with the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Provisions set forth by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also referred to as the "Access Board") in FAR 39.2.The complete text of Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/provisions.htm. All EIT products must comply with the following standards. Descriptions of the standards are viewable at the link Section 508 Standards. • 36 CFR 1194 Section 21-Software applications and operating systems • 36 CFR 1194 Section 22-Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications • 36 CFR 1194 Section 23-Telecommunication Products • 36 CFR 1194 Section 24-Video and Multimedia Products • 36 CFR 1194 Section 25-Self contained, closed products • 36 CFR 1194 Section 26-Desktop and Portable Computers • 36 CFR 1194 Section 31-Functional Performance Criteria • 36 CFR 1194 Section 41-Information, documentation, and support Offerors that fail to demonstrate compliance with the above standards, or provide equivalent salient characteristics, may be eliminated from further consideration for award. The Contractor shall indicate for each line item in the schedule whether each product or service is compliant or non-compliant with the accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194 using a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). Further, the quote must indicate where full details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor's website or other exact location). The offeror further represents that all EIT products and services that are less than fully compliant have been reviewed and plans to correct are in place. Respondents to this solicitation must provide any additional detailed information necessary for determining applicable Section 508 standards conformance, as well as for documenting EIT products and/or services that are incidental to the project, which would constitute an exception to Section 508 requirements. If a vendor claims its products and/or services, including EIT deliverables such as electronic documents and reports, meet applicable Section 508 standards, and it is later determined by the Government - i.e., after award of a contract/order, that products and/or services delivered do not conform to the described accessibility, remediation of the products and/or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its expense. xiv) Proposal Due Date/Time: Responses to this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation shall be emailed to barnesr@sec.gov by 1150 AM Eastern on December 12, 2016. NOTE: Failure to comply with these instructions may render your response as non-responsive and subject to rejection. xv) Questions concerning this RFQ shall be submitted in writing to Reginald Barnes at barnesr@sec.gov, no later than 5:00 PM EDT, December 2, 2016. Oral questions (telephone) will not be addressed or entertained. Questions submitted after the specified time/date may not be addressed.
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