Notification of the SEC’s Intent to Award a Single Source Purchase Order to Backstop Solutions Group, LLC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole source basis to Backstop Solutions Group, LLC for access to the Hedge Fund database. The database contains information that hedge funds voluntarily report and is one of several sources of information on hedge funds available for use in the SEC's datafit research platform. The period of performance for the purchase order is anticipated to be one base year and four option years. • The purchase order is for access to the Hedge Fund database. • The database contains information that hedge funds voluntarily report. • The period of performance is one base year and four option years. • The total value is below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.