SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Corporate License Agreement
- Notice Date
- 7/7/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG32SBSB15753660
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2015
- Point of Contact
- Sabrina Brown, Phone: 301-504-1741
- E-Mail Address
-
sabrina.brown@ars.usda.gov
(sabrina.brown@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Environmental Research Services (ERS), the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, DC. On behalf of ERS, intends to award a sole source award to Euromonitor International Inc for the period of July 15, 2015 - July 14, 2016. Euromonitor International is a leader in strategy research of consumer markets, providing international coverage and analysis for regions, countries, and products. This data will allow ERS to prepare tables of food expenditure shares for 84 countries and to inform trade policy analysis, such as the recent Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) analysis, where changes in food expenditures affect modeling outcomes. Euromonitor services will also provide historical food expenditures by food groups across countries, retail market sales of food disaggregated by product and outlet types, food service sales of food by type of outlets whether fast-food, chain restaurants etc. They also provide food sales broken down by manufacturer and brand, and food prices in local markets. We will be able to obtain in-depth country and company reports that are used extensively by ERS staff in the International Demand and Trade and Food Security and Development Branches. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 519130 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals. Authority for this sole source procurement is under 10 U.S.C. 2403 (c)(1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1 (b)(1)(i), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone request will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. The successful company must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and also the Online Representations and Certification (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose to determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notices is solely at the discretion of the Government. The point of Contact for this action is Ms. Sabrina Brown and any parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than July 17, 2015.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA ERS MTED, 355 E Street, SW 5-182, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024-3221, United States
- Zip Code: 20024-3221
- Zip Code: 20024-3221
- Record
- SN03788339-W 20150709/150708000440-8fcf820aabf7cfb8eb7a2916dabaeeb2 (fbodaily.com)
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