Bloomberg Professional Terminal Services and Data Automation license 12C0BZ26Q0001

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Procurement Management Office, Contracting Operations Division intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source purchase order utilizing Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.201-1 Simplified Procedures to Bloomberg Finance L.P., 731 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022. The Bloomberg Professional Terminal Services and data automation license to Bloomberg's reference data product subscription can only be provided by Bloomberg because it is proprietary to the vendor and no other vendor may provide this subscription. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 519290. The resulting contract will be for one year, with a period of performance from April 11, 2026, through April 11, 2027. The Government intends to solicit and award with only one available source under RFO 12.102(a) for a single license with access to an internet-based subscription product for real-time financial information for the private and public credit sector and related risk calculators/models. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any other interested organizations must submit a written statement of their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill this requirement to the identified point of contact as soon as possible, but no later than 12:00 pm (EST) on March 27, 2026. E-mailed statements are acceptable, but the senders bear full responsibility to ensure complete transmission and timely receipt. All inquiries and concerns must be addressed in writing to Lawanda Henry at e-mail address lawanda.henry@usda.gov. Any such statement of capabilities and qualifications received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. All submissions become the property of the Government and will not be returned.