SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source - Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Consortium Membership
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB1350-15-I-03019
- Archive Date
- 6/13/2015
- Point of Contact
- Monica Brown, Phone: 2024820932
- E-Mail Address
-
monica.brown@trade.gov
(monica.brown@trade.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce (DOC), International Trade Administration (ITA), Industry & Analysis (I&A), Office of Trade Policy & Analysis (OTP&A), Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (OTEA), intends to award a sole source order to Purdue University, 401 South Grant St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2024. Purdue University is the sole provider for Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Consortium Membership. OTEA currently employs the GTAP computable general equilibrium model and the associated GTAP database in a variety of it analytical projects. The GTAP Consortium membership is the only membership that fits with the current GTAP model and database in OTEA. The GTAP Consortium headquarters is at Purdue University through its Department of Agricultural Economics. The membership will be for a one (1) year base with five (5) option years. The membership's benefits includes: • A written annual report summarizing the previous year's Consortium activities. • Participation in the annual, advisory board meeting, which includes presentations of faculty and graduate student research, as well as discussion on the future of the GTAP. • Prerelease access to the GTAP database. • A free copy of the final GTAP database and aggregation software and access to all interim releases of the GTAP Data Base. • Periodical communications about Consortium activities. • Upon written request copies of all technical papers, as well as miscellaneous data and software products which have been approved by the Director for release to Consortium members. • Information on graduate degree candidates. • The opportunity to participate in annual GTAP short courses. • Visits to GTAP research facilities for detailed discussions with faculty and students. • Ability to utilize the Technical Services Agreement. • Other activities which are developed to enhance the technical exchange between the Consortium and its members. The authority permitting a sole source acquisition is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The membership shall last five (5) years. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than May 29, 2015, 2:00 PM EST. Responses shall be submitted to Monica.Brown@trade.gov. Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 1. The name of your company; 2. Company DUNS No.; 3. POC name and contact information; 4. The specific service(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing the membership mentioned above; and 5. A description of the service(s) and its overall capabilities It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your service(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with Purdue University mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a service capable of meeting the Government's needs. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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