Bloomberg Terminal Subscription in support of NDU

THIS IS A SINGLE SOURCE, COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. This combined synopsis/solicitation SHALL be posted on both SAM (https://sam.gov/) and NECO (https://www.neco.navy.mil/). The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk (FLCN) Pentagon Directorate, Contracting Department, Detachment Philadelphia hereby provides notice of its intent to award a firm-fixed-price (FFP) purchase order to a single source: Bloomberg Finance L.P. (CAGE: 51M77), 731 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10022. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with ONLY ONE SOURCE under the authority of FAR 12.102 and of 41 U.S.C. 1901. Solicitation number N0018926QD133-0001 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) Amendment. This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. The NAICS code is 513210 and the Small Business Standard is $47 Million. CLIN 0001: Bloomberg Terminal Anywhere Client License (FFP, 3 Each) CLIN 1001: Bloomberg Terminal Anywhere Client License - Option I (FFP, 3 Each) CLIN 2001: Bloomberg Terminal Anywhere Client License - Option II (FFP, 3 Each) CLIN 3001: Bloomberg Terminal Anywhere Client License - Option III (FFP, 3 Each) CLIN 4001: Bloomberg Terminal Anywhere Client License - Option IV (FFP, 3 Each) This requirement is being processed on behalf of the National Defense University (NDU). The contractor shall provide Online Site License subscriptions for the NDU Colleges. The specific minimum characteristics required by NDU for the website content include the following: 1) the online data-base should include the minimum required business functions to optimize the utility of their searchable databases, the depth and breadth of business articles and analytics used in business school curriculum at The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy and 2) the website shall include a trusted and reliable source of robust and high-level open source financial analysis to meet the minimum needs and requirements of the faculty, staff, and students and of the NDU curriculum. The subscription period will last for twelve (12) months starting 19 September 2026. Bloomberg Terminal License provides the minimum required business functions to optimize the utility of their searchable databases, the depth and breadth of business articles and analytics used in business school curriculum at The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. The Bloomberg product is an interactive financial information network that integrates real-time data, news, research, and analytics. These functions deliver real time reliable information relating to anything engaged in or impacting activities related to national defense that meet the minimum curriculum standards of the National Defense University. Due to the analytic capabilities required to support NDU’s mission it is critical that the NDU obtain the capabilities to effectively support the curriculum offered by the Eisenhower School’s Industry Studies Program. The services provided by Bloomberg Anywhere are unique and are not duplicated by other capabilities. The result is an integrated solution not provided by any other individual source for a comparable price. An award to any other source would result in less than full requirements that would require acquisition of other capabilities. This would result in the ineffective duplication of sources, higher cost, lower value outcomes and...