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76 -- SUBSCRIPTION TO STANDARD & POOR'S "COMPUSTAT PC PLUS" WINDOWS BASED DATABASE SOL 53SBNB960138 DUE 081599 POC Kathy Fain, Contract Specialist (301) 975-6337, or Alba Sanchez, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6344; FAX (301)963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Standards & Poor's Compustat, P.O. Box 80-2542, Chicago, IL 60680-2542, under the authority of FAR Part 13.501(a) "Sole Source Acquisitions" for the renewal of the subscription to the network version of Standard & Poor's "Compustat PC Plus" Windows based database on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Competitiveness Staff. This database is used to assess the R&D investment by U.S. industry over time and permits the rapid extrapolation of trends in critical industries, which is essential to the assessment of competitive performance. Compustat standardization of financial data is an important feature in that it ensures meaningful comparisons of company and industry performance over time and across industries. "PC Plus" provides the necessary wide range of company-based information in a timely fashion that is rapidly accessible and easily aggregated into desired industry groups for Office of Technology Policy (OTP) analysis. "PC Plus" software allows immediate access to such essential data as R&D expenditures, sales, exports, employee numbers, inventory, investments, and plants and equipment which can be combined in ratios on a monthly, yearly, or multi-year basis. The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed price purchase order. The period of performance for this requirement is a base period of 9/21/99-9/20/00 and four (4) option periods of 12 months each. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement. A solicitation is not available. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Kathy Fain at the telephone number identified above. Posted 08/05/99 (W-SN363918). (0217)

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