Fixed Income Investment Benchmarking Services

The government authority located in Albany, New York is seeking a vendor to provide fixed income investment benchmarking services. The agency requires a fixed income index technology that delivers accurate pricing and transparent methodologies to support its investment team. This solution must provide full access to top-level and constituent data, allowing for broad coverage across fixed income sectors and asset classes aligned with various investment mandates and best market practices. The agency needs a market-standard benchmark that allows for customization to reflect its specific investment objectives, constraints, and liability profile. The requested solution must support diversification, maximize the investable opportunity set, and remain responsive to evolving market conditions and sources of return. To meet these needs, the technology must offer customization across key corporate credit risk factors, including industry, credit quality, geography, liquidity, and term structure. The selected vendor must provide unrestricted access to its complete fixed income index universe. This access must enable the agency to benchmark exposures and returns, support active portfolio positioning, perform comprehensive risk and performance measurement, and generate effective reporting and communication. The agency is establishing a contract period of five years for these services. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations located in the United States. The agency requires the performance of the work to be conducted offsite. Bidders must submit their responses digitally via email or online, and the agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget.