Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Halo Platform

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.101, as established by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission) intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract for access to the Halo platform from Solidus Labs (SL). The anticipated contract will have a period of performance of a one-year base period and four one-year optional periods. CFTC is authorized under the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) to detect, analyze, and enforce against potentially manipulative and abusive trading practices in comm