SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Examination of Trends and Outlook for Steel Demand
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-TATD6000-04-90426
- Response Due
- 4/26/2004
- Archive Date
- 5/11/2004
- Point of Contact
- Jean Greene, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-713-0838, Fax 301-713-0806,
- E-Mail Address
-
jean.greene@noaa.gov
- Description
- Congress has requested that the Department of Commerce conduct a study of the future demand for steel. This request stems from a concern for the future of the domestic steel making industry. One rationale for undertaking this project is the concern expressed by steel company and service center (distributor) executives to the Department of Commerce that their customer base, particularly in the manufacturing sector, is irreversibly shrinking. For example, these executives have indicated that steel consumers in the auto parts and castings sectors are relocating at an accelerating rate to low wage countries, particularly to other countries, where these products can be manufactured at lower cost. Press accounts suggest end users of these products in the United States are prodding their U.S. suppliers to move offshore to lower their costs. With the trade deficit in goods rising from $436 billion in 2000 to $546 billion in 2003 (annualized), steelmakers are concerned that the trade balance in steel-containing goods is widening, with adverse impact on U.S. steel demand. The purpose of this study is to undertake a comprehensive examination of the long term demand for steel within the United States. The study will consider the expected demand for steel-using products and services (indirect steel imports), the impact of imports of steel-using products, and the substitution of alternative materials, and lighter weight steel by steel using industries. The study shall address the question of the extent to which the recent, 2002-2003 downturn in the demand for steel is result of short-term cyclical conditions and long-term trends. The offeror shall undertake a quantitative analysis and make estimates of long-term demand for steel within the United States that are based on an analyses of the major steel-consuming industries and the demand for their outputs. This analysis shall at a minimum consider and quantify the factors affecting the demand for steel. The Offeror shall estimate the extent to which the current decline in the demand for steel, 2001 to 2003, is the result of secular trends.
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Development, Herbert C Hoover Building, Room 3832, Washington, D.C.
- Zip Code: 20230
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 20230
- Record
- SN00554823-W 20040328/040326211830 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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