SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- New York City Housing and Vacancy 2014 Survey (NYCHVS)
- Notice Date
- 4/2/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Acquisition Division, Room 3J438, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233
- ZIP Code
- 20233
- Solicitation Number
- DEMO-13-050
- Archive Date
- 5/2/2013
- Point of Contact
- Paul W Boesch,
- E-Mail Address
-
paul.w.boesch@census.gov
(paul.w.boesch@census.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Acquisition Division Room 3J-442, Washington, DC, 20233 THIS IS AN INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO FAR 6.302-1. THIS CONSTITUTES THE ONLY WRITTEN NOTICE, NO OTHER NOTICE OR SOLICITATION SHALL BE ISSUED AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE. For over 45 years, the U.S. Census Bureau and the City of New York, through the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (NYC-HPD) program, has entered into a series of interagency agreements to conduct the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS). The latest agreement is for the 2014 NYCHVS and requires the Census Bureau to acquire services of a contractor approved by NYC-HPD, with in-depth knowledge and experience with the NYCHVS. The Contractor shall employ the knowledge and experience in undertaking the following tasks: 1.The contractor shall be part of the 2014 NYCHVS planning group and will attend and participate in the bi-monthly planning meetings for all participating Census Bureau divisions and the weekly planning meetings of the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division (HHES) staff. 2.The contractor shall prepare in writing planning documents in draft form within two weeks of being assign and in final form within four weeks. The contractor shall review and comment in writing on documents prepared by HHES staff in final form within two weeks of being assigned. 3.The contractor shall monitor survey progress through the review of weekly reports on work completed and costs incurred to help ensure that timing and costs meet survey plans in accordance with the contract tasks. Problems will be discussed with the NYCHVS project manager and documented in writing as requested by the NYCHVS project manager within one week. 4.The contractor shall review and recommend improvements in data collection and processing procedures, including all field manuals. Recommendations will be made in writing within four weeks of beginning the review. 5.The contractor shall review and recommend improvements to the specifications for 400+ edits, 165+ recodes, and 50+ imputation algorithms. Recommendations will be made in writing through annotations on the documents reviewed, written reports, or in other forms deemed appropriate by the NYCHVS project manager within four weeks of beginning the review. 6.The contractor shall review data output from over 250 tables and two microdata files for reasonableness and conformity with the 400+ edit, 165+ recode, and 50+ imputation specifications. Comments will be done in writing through annotations on the documents/tables reviewed, written reports, or in other forms deemed appropriate by the NYCHVS project manager within four weeks of beginning review. 7.The contractor shall review all chapters and related data prepared by the NYC-HPD staff for the 2011 and 2014 analytical reports. Comments will be done in writing through annotations on the documents reviewed and presented to the NYCHVS project manager within four weeks of beginning the review. 8.The contractor shall update in writing the survey history documenting technical, methodological, and procedural changes to include the 2011 and 2014 surveys. Format for the updates will be the same as the format for the current history. The final draft update for the 2011survey will be presented to the NYCHVS project manager by 10/31/2013. The first draft of the 2014 report will be completed and presented to the NYCHVS project manager by 3/31/ 2014. The final draft of the 2014 report will be completed and presented to the NYCHVS project manager by 12/31/2015. The final report will be placed on the Census Bureau's web site upon approval of the NYCHVS project manager and the NYC-HPD. 9.The contractor shall investigate and document in writing innovative ways to disseminate data through DataFerret. Dissemination through this system is at the approval of the NYCHVS project manager and the NYC-HPD. 10.The contractor shall act as general advisor to the NYCHVS project manager and COTR on all aspects of the 2014 NYCHVS. The potential contract value is $80,000. The period of performance shall be from the date of award plus 37 months. The government anticipates awarding a Fixed Price contract using Part 15 Negotiated Competitive Procurement procedures. THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS OF ONLY ONE SOURCE: PETER FRONCZEK, 12319 WHITEHALL DRIVE, BOWIE, MD 20715-1224. Interested parties may submit responses that demonstrate its ability to provide services in accordance with this announcement, which will be considered within 15 days of the posting of this notice. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis of intent to sole source, the Contracting Officer may determine that the action may be competed. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. For questions concerning this procurement, please contact Paul Boesch, Contracting Officer, at paul.w.boesch@census.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The place of performance shall be U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233., United States
- Record
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