D -- ECONOMETRIC AND TELEPROCESSING SERVICES

Notice Date

August 10, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), AG/Acquisition Management Division, SSMC4 -- Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910

ZIP Code

20910

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-NAAJF100-2-30001

Response Due

September 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Annita Wimbish, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-713-0829, Fax 301-713-0809, Email annita.l.wimbish@noaa.gov

Description

The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA), wishes to secure the services for the foll owing: access to economic forecasts, economic analyses, econometric software, and computer-based data to carry out the Depar tment's program requirements. These requirements, grouped into three broad areas (Data Access, Forecasting and Analysis, and Econometric Software ), may be satisfied by up to three offerors. That is, one offeror may propose to meet only the Da ta Access requirements, while a second offeror may propose to meet only the Forecasting and Analysis requirements, and a thi rd offeror may propose to meet only the Econometric Software requirements, or a single offeror may propose to meet the requi rements of all three areas. It is also possible for one offeror to meet the requirements of two of the areas, while another offeror meets the requirements of the third. Data Access. The Department's interest is in a wide range of economic data for the United States and foreign countries tha t is documented, current, on-line, and easy to use. Moreover, the Department's interest is in the availability of that data in machine readable form for off-line use on other computer systems, including personal computers. Forecasting and Analysis. The Department's interest is in the structure of the econometric models supporting the forecasts, the quality of analysis used in interpreting the models, and in the quality of the written analyses. This includes the ava ilability of data series required by the model, the transparency and "explainability" of the model assumptions and structure , and in software that is easily used by economic analysts to conduct data analysis, econometric estimation, and model build ing (models other than those described above). Econometric Software. The Department is interested in a comprehensive system for performing a wide range of statistical ana lyses with a user-oriented English-like command language. These three areas combine all of the related needs of the component organizations within the Department. Potential offerors should recognize that while the combined requirements are extensive, no single organization within DOC will require access to all functions and services. Additionally, the Department requires the offeror to provide telecommunications that are acc essible via existing equipment owned by DOC, as well as end-user support services. The period of performance will be from October 1, 2001 thru September 30, 2002, with one option period. Your Request for Qu otation (RFQ), can be made by faxing to (301)713-0809, and reference RFQ #: NAAJF100-2-30001, Attention: Annita L. Wimbish, or by e-mail @ Annita.L.Wimbish@noaa.gov. We anticipate award within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $100,000. No telephone requests will be honored. (See Note 1).

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Record

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