Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Intent to Sole Source Morningstar Subscription Data Renewal
Deadline: 23 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 03 Apr 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138929219
Document Ref. No.: SS-OFR-26-026
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The Treasury Common Services Center (TCSC) on behalf of the Office of Financial Research (OFR), 717 14ᵗʰ St NW Washington DC 20005, intends to contract with Morningstar Inc., 22 W Washington St Chicago, IL 60602, on a sole source basis for the purchase of Morningstar Subscription Data. There is no competitive vendor or regulatory agency that provides these datasets. The proposed Contractor developed and owns the propriety and patented hardware, software and algorithms that are used in these products and support the services specifically required for this acquisition; thereby the proposed source has the sole unique technical and other resources required for this acquisition.
The Office of Financial Research (OFR), requires the use of Morningstar Subscription Data. The intent is to establish a contract to provide access to various Morningstar Subscription Data. In addition, other Morningstar products may be procured under this contract. This will greatly reduce duplicative administrative processes and allow data to be on-boarded more efficiently.
There is an immediate need to purchase Morningstar Direct data. Morningstar Direct is a cloud-based global investment analysis platform that unites Morningstar's data and institutional research, private and third-party content, rigorous analytics, and productivity tools. Direct's global data includes historical portfolio holdings, equities, separate accounts, hedge funds, ETFs, indexes,
and real-time pricing.
The period of performance for this award is anticipated to be one 12-month base period with four
12-month options:
Base Year: 05/17/2026-05/16/2027
Option Year 1: 05/17/2027-05/16/2028
Option Year 2: 05/17/2028-05/16/2029
Option Year 3: 05/17/2029-05/16/2030
Option Year 4: 05/17/2030-05/16/2031
NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquirie...
Notice ID: ss-ofr-26-026
Department/Ind. Agency: treasury, department of the
Sub-tier: bureau of the fiscal service
Product Service Code: 7630 - newspapers and periodicals
NAICS Code: 519290 - Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
Inactive Dates: may 08, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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