SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Exchange Rate Data Database
- Notice Date
- 4/7/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB1350-17-R-02433
- Archive Date
- 5/2/2017
- Point of Contact
- Monica Brown, Phone: 2024820932
- E-Mail Address
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monica.brown@trade.gov
(monica.brown@trade.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION 1.1 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. BACKGROUND 2.1 Mission and Vision E&C conducts antidumping (AD -price discrimination) and countervailing (CVD - subsidy) duty calculations under Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (The Act). We require the use of end of day exchange rates in the calculation of AD or CVD margins or tariffs. The downloaded exchange rates are averaged in accordance with our stated policies and practices and incorporated into the case margin/tariff calculation. For example, when comparing prices for a product in U.S. dollars to prices for that same product sold in Germany in euros, we would need the end of trading day USD-euro exchange rate. If some of the adjustments to prices were denominated in other currencies (e.g., Japanese ocean freight carrier expenses), we would require additional exchange rates, too. OBJECTIVES 3.1 The exchange rates would be downloaded from the site in.csv format by two E&C SAS support employees on a monthly or quarterly basis. These employees provide support to the AD/CVD case analysts in the E&C Operations Office. Once downloaded, the exchange rates are input into special SAS programs designed by E&C to produce new daily average exchange rates which are specifically used in the programs that our Operations analysts use in the calculation of antidumping our countervailing duty margins. These significantly altered daily average exchange rates that are used in the tariff calculations, are posted to the ITA website for use by interested parties or the public to verify E&C's work. The daily average exchange rates posted to the ITA website are significantly altered so that they cannot be substituted for a currency's value and used in a way that competes with the original retail use of the currency. ITA can apply attribution to the source of the original exchange rate, but the rates are altered in a way that they can only be used for AD or CVD calculations. REQUIREMENTS 4.1 E&C needs a source of downloadable foreign exchange rates for 23 currencies that are not included in the Federal Reserve's H.10 database. The information would be accessed and downloaded by two E&C employees on a periodic basis (approximately monthly or quarterly). The exchange rate data must be able to satisfy the following requirements: a. Exchange rates for all (trading) days for all 23 currencies that we cannot source from the Federal Reserve's H.10 database; the 23 countries are: Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Latvia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Vietnam. b. Retail (FOREX market) buy rates out of New York, in effect at the time the market closes (4:30pm ET) each day;2 c. Cached rates available for download in.CSV database (comma separated value) format.3 d. Consent from the exchange rate provider that authorizes the International Trade Administration to publish the modified exchange rates used in AD and CVD calculations which use their sourced exchange rates, to the ITA website, and share the modified exchange rates with interested parties. RESPONSES 5.1 Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper. 5.2 White papers are due no later than 17 April 2017, 10:00 AM EST. Responses shall be limited to 20 pages and submitted via e-mail only to Monica.Brown@trade.gov. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. 5.3. The white paper shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum: A. Name, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail of designated point of contact. B. Description of capability to provide currencies in at least all 23 currencies. C. The offered rates are retail FOREX buy rates out of New York posted at the time the exchange closes each day. D. Rates are cached rates which can be downloaded in.CSV file format. E. Documented consent from the exchange rate provider (if the rates are sourced from another vendor ) that it will allow the International Trade Administration to publish data using these exchange rates to the ITA website. F. Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business) based upon North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 511210 Software Publishers. "Small business concern" means a concern, including it's affiliates, that are independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards in 13 CFR part 121. A small business concern for the purposes of this procurement is generally defined as a business, including its affiliates, averaging no more than $38.5 million dollars in annual receipts. Respondees are cautioned, however, that this is a general description only. Additional standards and conditions may apply. Please refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 19 for additional detailed information on Small Business Size Standards. The FAR is available at http://www.arnet.gov. SUMMARY THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to identify sources that can provide the services as described above. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Department of Commerce has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.
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