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The Federal Bureau of Investigation intends to negotiate a one-time, sole-source, fixed-price contract with Bloomberg Finance L.P., 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, for the purpose of procuring a 12 month service subscription to Bloomberg Professional.  Based on market research and knowledgeable professionals within the finance industry, no other single service can fully meet the needs of the FBI.  This service will be utilized at the Los Angeles Field Office located at 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Tehnical Requirements:
Access to real-time business and financial data, news and analytics on a single platform;
On-demand data on cash and derivatives markets, to include equities, currencies, commodities, money markets, government and municipal securities, mortgages, indices, insurance and legal information;
A system which will accommodate custom algorithms;
Advanced charting capabilities

Please see attached justification for other than full and open competition.

The FBI intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.  Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to the attention of:  Jenny Knight, email address: [email protected], by Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 5:00pm EST.  Only emailed responses will be considered.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement.  A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is at the discretion of the Government.

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