SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source for user licenses for an online source for daily spot price assessments of soybean meal, sunseeds, barley, rape seed, and rape meal.
- Notice Date
- 4/18/2023 9:15:26 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS AFM APD BELTSVILLE MD 20705 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- NOI-REQ1091396
- Response Due
- 5/3/2023 9:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- David Jordan, Phone: 3015041018
- E-Mail Address
-
david.jordan@usda.gov
(david.jordan@usda.gov)
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Sole Source United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), seeks to obtain a one-year licenses for 30 users for an online source for daily spot price assessments of soybean meal, sunseeds, barley, rape seed, and rape meal. This information is required to cover global agriculture markets and be a part of a complete tender database with a dashboard interface for searching and downloading the data. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services with a Size Standard of $35 million. AgriCensus provides daily spot price assessments of Soybean Meal, Sunseeds, Barley, Rape seed, Rape Meal; it is the only agency producing daily forward curve assessments of the wheat, corn and soybean markets. AgriCensus has a complete tender database and a dashboard interface for searching and downloading the data. They also have an exports database and dashboard which can be very useful. No comparable competitor offers as comprehensive a set of information as AgriCensus with the same scope of information at a comparable cost. It is noted that the robust dataset for tender data by AgriCensus is not exhibited by other vendors. For example, searching for global wheat data, a few vendors do provide such data, but they do not also provide corn, soybean, barley. Various combinations of these data items return the same unsatisfactory outcome. Period of Performance: Base - 5/13/2023 through 05/12/2024 Opt. Yr. 1. - 5/13/2024 through 05/12/2025 Opt. Yr. 2. - 5/13/2025 through 05/12/2026 Opt. Yr. 3. - 5/13/2026 through 05/12/2027 Opt. Yr. 4. - 5/13/2027 through 05/12/2028 Requirement Description: See Statement of Work Anticipated Date of Award: 05/12/2023 THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/e6d46ddfa0964ec18dd667861720a8a9/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Kansas City, MO 64105, USA
- Zip Code: 64105
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 64105
- Record
- SN06653984-F 20230420/230418230121 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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