SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Retail and Corporate Sales of Pre-packaged Software, Monthly Reports
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-500054
- Response Due
- 4/25/2005
- Archive Date
- 5/10/2005
- Description
- US Department of Commerce/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-intends to negotiate with NPD Intelect, LLC on a sole source basis in accordance with the authority of 41 U. S. C. 253 (c)(1) only one responsible source. The acquisition is to provide monthly retail and corporate sales data that is important to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates. The data must be available no later than one month after the reference month. The data must be provided monthly, in a continuous time series. The Bureau of Economic Analysis will use the data to construct estimates of prepackaged and custom software. The following data is required: the data frequency is monthly; the time period covered will be May, 2005 through April 2006 for the contract. The vendor will provide the following categories of retail and corporate sales of prepackaged software: Business, Education, Finance, Games, Imaging & Graphics, Operating Systems, Personal Productivity and System Utilities. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides many economic measurements as part of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs). The NIPAs are used for a variety of purposes in setting national economic policy and in forecasting and interpreting macroeconomic activity. They include Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is considered the most useful summary measure of the nation?s production. BEA, as one of the world?s leading statistical agencies that collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies and disseminates statistics to the public. NPD Intelect, LLC is the only provider able to track detailed monthly data on software sales in which enables a more accurate estimation of Software, a subcomponent of Gross Private Domestic Investment, in the National Income and Product Accounts. The software data directly calculate business purchases of pre-packaged software and used indirectly to calculate business purchases of custom software for the advance GDP estimates. If an offeror is certain they can meet the requirements, they are requested to submit in writing an affirmative response with a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information demonstrating their ability to meet the above requirements. The response must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bonafide capability to meet the requirements. Failure to submit such documentation will result in the Government proceeding as stated above. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Affirmative written responses must be received no later than 15-days after publication of this synopsis. All information in response to this notification must be submitted in writing to the attention of Sheila Kauzela, Contract Specialist. Note 22 applies
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20230
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20230
- Record
- SN00785815-W 20050413/050411211750 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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