SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- BPA for Twitter
- Notice Date
- 1/15/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- SRRPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyAriel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.Mail Code: 3805RWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-14-00044
- Archive Date
- 2/23/2015
- Point of Contact
- Wanda Carrier
- E-Mail Address
-
Carrier.Wanda@epa.gov
(Carrier.Wanda@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management in Washington, D.C. requests establishment of a blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the successful offeror(s) over a sixty (60) month period. The BPA will be used to establish an account to fill recurring requirements. Your offer shall include all associated price reductions for the requirement and the associated BPA. Price and other price related factors will be subject to negotiation by the Government. The desired vendor will be technically sound, have experience working with the government. In addition, quick response times and good customer support. Flexibility in the formatting of the collected data will also be desirable. These agreements will be processed under commercial item procedures in the accordance with FAR 12, 13 and 15. Award will be made based on the best value offered to EPA. The BPA is conducting a study to develop the use of social media to identify individuals in the United States that are suffering from Acute Gastroenteritis Infections (AGI). The Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) located in Cincinnati, OH is requesting a BPA to purchase Twitter messages based on search criteria EPA provide the vendor. The information gather will then be used to compile cause and affect analyses for research. The following example search terms are considered evidence of AGI: Stomach flu, stomach bug, stomach ache, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea These as well as other terms and various attributes (e.g, geotags, dates, etc.) will be supplied to the vendor. The vendor will use these terms and attributes to obtain Twitter messages that will be evaluated by U.S. EPA human health specialists to determine if they are indicative of AGI. The number of tweets from each search will be verified by the vendor and in-house U.S. EPA human health specialists. In-house statistical analysis will be performed to determine if the tweets correlate with epidemiological data from the CDC. The following are the required products: ProductCoverage DaysVolume (Tweets) Price Historical Power103,000,000 Track for Twitter Historical Power105,000,000 Track for Twitter Historical Power1010,000,000 Track for Twitter Historical Power303,000,000 Track for Twitter Historical Power305,000,000 Track for Twitter Historical Power30 10,000,00 Track for Twitter The National American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the requirement is 548210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. The desired firm will be technically sound and have experience working with the government. Examples, understand human health issues and computer science search tools. The vendor will have flexibility in the formatting of the collected data. The vendor will have affordable pricing for the tweets and labor associated with them. The vendor will have quick response time and good customer support. Any firm that is capable of meeting the EPA requirements described herein may submit a response; by January 24, 2014 @ 3:00pm EST. Responses to this posting must be submitted in writing via e-mail only. Any questions or comments should be directed via e-mail to Wanda Carrier at carrier.wanda@epa.gov. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
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