THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR INVITATION FOR BID NOTICE.  THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY (RFI).

The Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) is a wholly owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Its mission is to expand affordable housing in the U.S. by global capital into the nation's housing finance markets.  Through its single-class and multiclass Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) Programs, Ginnie Mae guarantees privately issued securities backed by pools of mortgages insured or guaranteed by the FHA, VA, RD and PIH.  Ginnie Mae has played a pivotal role during the housing crisis as it provided liquidity to the U.S. Housing Market.

Ginnie Mae requires contractual services to provide an online marketing subscription of TO BE ANNOUNCED-Mortgage Backed Securities (TBA-MBS) for information/newletter database.  Real time electronic trading platform that has the ability to search inventory from the world's leading security dealers for price discovery for the TBA-MBS market in an online environment.  Capability to see two-sided markets (bid and ask) for coupon swaps, product swaps, basis swaps and butterfly trades.  Receive price updates throughout the day for current month and two-back months for each coupon, as well as dollar roll prices and swaps.  Also with the capability to see a quick snapshot of how MBS coupons are moving versus Treasuries in real time.  Ability to have commentary from the dealers.  Capability of downloading static data for use in analytics and reducing the need for manual and redundant processess to enhance data accuracy.

Please provide a capability statement addressing your company's ability to provide an online marketing subscription of TBA-MBS.  Within your capability statement, please state your business size in accordance with the applicable NIACS code.  The due date for the capability statement is October 3, 2011 by 11:00am EDT via email to [email protected].  Should you have any questions, concerns, clarifications and any other input that would assist in this Sources Sought, please contact Ms. Latson.

NOTE:  THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE CONTRACTORS FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH A RESPONSE TO THE RFI.

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