SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service: A Workshop
- Notice Date
- 9/17/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SB-S-14-TH009
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2014
- Point of Contact
- Travis Heller,
- E-Mail Address
-
travis.heller@ars.usda.gov
(travis.heller@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), has a requirement for a workshop on rationalizing rural area classifications. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY AND A SOLICITATION IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Government. The information collected will be used for market research to define the government's requirements and create the appropriate acquisition strategy. Responding to this notice does not automatically include the responder on any bidders list, if such a list is developed. Depending on the quantity and quality of the responses received, the criteria may serve to generate the initial pool of potential contractors to be invited to respond to a resulting solicitation. ERS requires the contractor to convene a steering committee to organize a public workshop on data, estimation, and policy issues for rationalizing the multiple classifications of rural areas currently in use by the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The workshop will provide background on the origins, rationales, uses, underlying data, and methods for the four highly related but distinct geographic classification systems currently maintained by ERS to designate areas by the degree to which they are rural. Workshop sessions will cover the criteria for a desirable classification going forward, including: consistency with OMB and Census Bureau definitions; utility in identifying socioeconomic/demographic variation as it is affected by size of place and degree of urban proximity; utility to stakeholders in delineating program eligibility; and such attributes as a reasonably small number of categories with analytic and "face" validity in terms of plausible breakpoints. Papers will be commissioned for discussion at the workshop on the properties and pros and cons of alternative classification schemes. A workshop session will also consider trade-offs given that no single classification system is likely to satisfy all requirements. Following the workshop, a designated rapporteur will prepare an individually authored summary of the presentations and discussion. Commissioned papers will be posted on the Internet. A transcript of the workshop discussions will be provided. All vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database as required by FAR 4.1102 to be considered for any awards. See FAR 52.204-7 for registration instructions. It is the vendor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. Any interested vendor that feels able to fulfill the requirement shall submit supporting documentation via email to Travis Heller at the following e-mail address: travis.heller@ars.usda.gov. No information will be taken by telephone. The deadline for responses to this Sources Sought Notice is September 19, 2014 by 7:00AM EST. In responding to this notice, please provide your company name, address, email address, phone/fax number, and DUNS number.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 355 E Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024, United States
- Zip Code: 20024
- Zip Code: 20024
- Record
- SN03515790-W 20140919/140918000004-e7286b4115430be250071379dbe9d4f4 (fbodaily.com)
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