Intent to Sole Source: Barclay Backstop Datasets

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of the Office of Financial Research (OFR), intends to contract with Backstop Solutions Group LLC. on a sole source basis for the Barclay Hedges Global Enhanced and Graveyard Hedge Fund Database. The OFR requires access to a unique subset of the worldwide hedge fund data inventory to measure the size of the hedge fund industry in terms of total assets under management. The required data includes fund-level information such as Fund Manager, Fund ID, Firm ID, Asset Class, Strategy, Geographic Focus, Current/Historical Assets Under management (AUM), and Current/Historical Returns Data. The key features of this opportunity include: • The NAICS code is 518210 and PSC 7630. • The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be one twelve-month base year with four one-year options. • Qualified contractors must provide a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. • Responses must be submitted electronically to [email protected] by 04/18/2025. • The allowable file types are Microsoft Office (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) and Adobe PDF (.pdf).