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Notice to Sole Source: The Financial Times Limited

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, UNITED STATES (DUNS # 02-1877998) · London, EC4M 9BT

Response status

Due in 6 days

Sep 10, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC

The response window is short.

Posted
Sep 3, 2026
Archive date
Sep 25, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, UNITED STATES (DUNS # 02-1877998) published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is London.
  • The notice uses NAICS 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
2c2c4708c7a043b6bc6ae53189a72036
Solicitation
ITC-OARS-26-0091
Base type
Special Notice
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
ITC-OARS-26-0091
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
Posted
Sep 3, 2026
Responses due
Sep 10, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 25, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
DEPARTMENT
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, UNITED STATES (DUNS # 02-1877998)
Department code
Subagency
Subagency code
Office
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, UNITED STATES (DUNS # 02-1877998)
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
Place of performance
London, EC4M 9BT
City code
State
State code
Postal code
EC4M 9BT
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The U. S. International Trade Commission anticipates award of a Purchase Order on a sole source basis to The Financial Times Limited Inc. - Bracken House, 1 Friday Street, London, London EC4M 9BT, United Kingdom, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This requirement is for the renewal of two (2) seat licenses to The Financial Times Limited's fDi Intelligence database subscription service. The two licenses will provide authorized Commission users with continued access to fDi Intelligence's specialized Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) data, research, analysis, and related intelligence used to support Commission research. There are no other products or services that offer the same or similar subscription services required by the Commission. The anticipated period of performance is from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, with up to four one-year option periods. The attached Justification and Approval provides additional detail. This announcement is not a request for competitive quotations. A solicitation will not be available for this requirement. The intent of this announcement is for informational purposes only. However, any information received within five days after the posting date of this notice will be considered by the Government. Information may be sent to Alisha Hunt, Contracting Officer, at Alisha.Hunt@usitc.gov A determination by the Government not to compete this action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephonic questions or requests are strongly discouraged.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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