SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- 2013 IMPLAN National Data
- Notice Date
- 7/7/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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
- AG32SBSB15755857
- 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.; has a requirement that they will conduct a research project on "SNAP and the rural economy", which is investigating the economic impacts of Supplemental Food Assistance program (SNAP) payments in rural vs. urban areas, and comparing impacts per dollar spent of SNAP payments to impacts per dollar spent on agricultural commodity programs. On behalf of ERS, intends to award a sole source award to IMPLAN Group LLC. IMPLAN Group is the only provider that can provide county-level data for the United States. The data acquired will include all data in the 2013 IMPLAN National Data Package, which includes the U.S. National total and 50 state total data files, in addition to county files for all U.S. counties. IMPLAN will also give ERS the ability to acquire detailed industry by occupation matrices, which will enable analysis of impacts of SNAP payments and commodity program payments on particular occupational industry groups, such as farmers or wage employees in the food industry. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities. 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.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA ERS, 355 E Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024-3221, United States
- Zip Code: 20024-3221
- Zip Code: 20024-3221
- Record
- SN03787529-W 20150709/150707235706-8fd8420ca8b2c824c30041052e58106e (fbodaily.com)
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