7A-- USTR Clarkson Subscription Sole Source J&A

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requires a subscription to Clarkson Research’s proprietary Shipping Intelligence Network and World Fleet Register databases to support maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding analysis, particularly focused on Chinese shipbuilding. The Department of the Interior (IBC) is procuring this subscription as a single‑source award under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. No other vendor offers an equivalent data set, and a market‑research notice received no responses, justifying the sole‑source approach. This is a data‑service acquisition, not a construction or consulting effort. • Provides USTR with niche, proprietary maritime industry data for trade‑policy analysis. • Sole‑source award to Clarkson Research Limited (UEI W94PNK61J8E8). • Procurement authority: RFO 12.102(a) – single‑source under SAT. • No monetary value disclosed; typical subscription costs for similar databases range from low‑hundreds to several hundred thousand dollars annually.