SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Sales and Market Share Data for the U.S. Food Supply - Sole Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 8/19/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 699827-2014
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rene D. Edwards, Phone: 301 504-1744
- E-Mail Address
-
rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov
(rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work Sole Source Justification The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Services (ARS), Human Nutrition Research Center (HNRC), Food Surveys and Research Group located in Beltsville, MD intends to issue a sole source, firm-fixed price purchase order to The Nielson Company located in Schaumburg, IL for the following commercial item; Sales and Market Share Data for the U.S. Food Supply. The proposed award is being issued under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (b)(i), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Food Surveys Research Group requires the availability of a comprehensive database of sales volume data for food products sold at the retail level in grocery stores in the United States to update the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) and the USDA Automated multiple Pass Method (AMPM). The suggested source; The Nielson Company is the only known supplier of national retail grocery sales data representative of all total U.S. markets with sales over $2 million for approximately 335 food categories in the required format; shared drive in a standard delimited flat file. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 with a size standard of $14.0 million. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The purchase will be made under simplified acquisition procedures, other than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 6.302-1, and Statutory Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Interested vendors who believe they can provide the aforementioned item are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within seven (7) days after publication of this notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The Nielsen Company, 150 North Martingale Road, Schaumburg, Illinois, 60173, United States
- Zip Code: 60173
- Zip Code: 60173
- Record
- SN03470411-W 20140821/140819235611-83191aa8c794830a31b51e8803eeb1df (fbodaily.com)
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