SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Information Datasets
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519190
— All Other Information Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2011-92371
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2010
- Point of Contact
- Maria D Nichols, Phone: 770-488-2627
- E-Mail Address
-
mkn2@cdc.gov
(mkn2@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, proposes award of a Firm Fixed Price Sole Source Purchase Order to The Nielsen Company, New York, NY, to secure data needed to establish a baseline varience of sales and market share information for sodium containing foods. The Nielsen Company employs census point of sales (POS) methodology to capture retail sales movement and price. The method of accounting produces data not readily available from other sources. The Nielsen Company has the required datasets necessary to provide information from a regional perspective for a comparative analysis of sodium containing foods by U. S. regions. This is a continuation of services. The CDC has already invested in a prior collection of national datasets from The Nielsen Company. The current purchase will provide the regional datasets that will be used by CDC for comparative analysis. The period of performance shall begin with award through a three (3) month period. Expected award date is December 21, 2010. The Contractor shall have extensive experience with and access to data sources in order to deliver the datasets. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 41 U.S.C. 253-a (a) (1), 41 U.S.C. 264b, and 10 U.S.C. 2377, in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b) only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 519190, All Other Information Services, with a Standard Business Size of $7M. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps. We will issue only one solicitation to The Nielsen Company. However, all responsible sources that believe they can meet the requirements stated above are encouraged to submit their capabilities/qualification statement to the Attention of Maria Nichols, by Email at mkn2@cdc.gov All inquiries must be received no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, December 16, 2010. Determination not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The U.S. Government assumes no financial obligation for the preparation and distribution of prepared responses. Inquiries may be sent to Maria Nichols, by Email at mkn2@cdc.gov or by fax to 770-488-2778.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/2011-92371/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: CDC Facility, Atlanta, Georgia, 30041, United States
- Zip Code: 30041
- Zip Code: 30041
- Record
- SN02336841-W 20101204/101202233857-816e731bded2295031402329cc28af8c (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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