Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order to London Stock Exchange Group

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a single source basis to London Stock Exchange Group, PLC; 10 Paternoster Square, London, ED4M 7LS, United Kingdom for online access to Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL) data. The NAICS code is 518210. The contracting officer has determined that London Stock Exchange Group, PLC is the only source that can reasonably meet the SEC’s requirement in accordance with RFO FAR Part 12. The SEDOL Masterfile contains unique identifiers assigned to securities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. These identifiers are in use in data sets from other vendors, from whom the numbers are downloaded for use on the SEC services. The London Stock Exchange Group is the only source identified that can meet the SEC’s requirement. The period of performance for the purchase order is one base year and one option year. The total estimated value of this purchase order is under the Simplified Acquisition Threshhold. This notice is not a competitive request for proposals. A competitive solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties who believe they can provide these services may submit a capabilities statement to the Contracting Officer, Flanice Lewis, lewisf@sec.gov, no later than November 27, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Responses must be submitted via email. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.