SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Easy Business World-Wide Subscription - Brand Name or Equal
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- #519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- 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
- SB1350-17-Q-03169
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2017
- 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
- This notice is for market research and planning purpose only and does not obligate the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposal. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses, nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted, nor will respondents be notified of the review of the information received. The information obtained from this Request for Information (RFI) will be utilized as market research for consideration in development of the Acquisition Strategy and Acquisition Plan for this requirement. The Government will not reimburse interested sources for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. The International Trade Administration (ITA) of the Department of Commerce strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade through the rigorous enforcement of our trade laws and agreements. ITA is organized into three distinct but complementary business units: The mission of Global Markets (GM) is to promote world trade and strengthen the international trade investment position. The GM unit combines ITA's country and regional experts, overseas and domestic field staff, and specific trade promotion programs to provide U.S. firms with the full suite of country-specific export promotion services and market access advocacy, while promoting the United States as an investment destination. The Industry and Analysis (I&A) unit brings together ITA's industry, trade, and economic experts to advance the competitiveness of U.S. industries through the development and execution of international trade and investment policies and promotion strategies. I&A will leverage ITA's relationships with manufacturing and services industries to increase U.S. exports. The Enforcement and Compliance (E&C) unit enhances ITA's responsibilities to enforce U.S. trade laws and ensure compliance with trade agreements negotiated on behalf of U.S. industry. ITA Common Data Platform The Common Data Platform (CDP) is an ITA enterprise-wide Web information portal to facilitate trade and economic analysis. The platform provides guidance on data availability, usage, and standard business practices as well as serving as a collaborative tool. The CDP provides ITA-wide access, across the U.S. and around the world, to relevant news, information and data resources, identifies recommended resources, and outlines important citation procedures in an effort to promote accuracy and consistency in all ITA work. The goals of the CDP are to: • Increase the amount of high quality trade and economic data available to ITA users by identifying the best sources. • Broadening access to existing sources through DOC agency partnership agreements • Identifying opportunities to fund additional sources by aggregating purchasing. • Improve the quality of ITA analytical products by: o Providing guidance about the best data sources available for specific types of research and analysis o Standardizing the data sources used throughout the ITA to promote more uniform work products Through the CDP portal ITA staff members are linked to over 60 public and proprietary resources on industry, company, and country information, trade and economic data, and tariff and export trade schedules. The objective of this procurement is to support ITA's continuing effort to provide and expand information and data use consistency by obtaining the best resources and making them widely available. DOC/ITA, mainly GM, has previously used the online subscription to Easybusiness to help with counseling clients, identifying potential contacts for them in many foreign markets. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain an online subscription to Easybusiness Online Research Service or an equal subscription containing the industry research, analysis, forecasts and data with easy-to-use features for online searching, viewing contents and reporting. ITA-wide access will be through the Common Data Platform (CDP) on the organization's intranet. ITA's industry, trade, country and economic staff located in over 100 offices throughout the U.S. and Embassies and Consulates in more than 70 countries worldwide require a subscription to perform tasks in support of ITA's mission including: • Create contact list for marketing counseling and business matchmaking events • Research latest industry and trade data for official reports, presentations, briefings and memos and background information • Provides list of screened potential contacts The subscription shall provide the following capability: 1. The subscription shall provide the ability to plan and organize sales, marketing and lead generation activities 2. The subscription shall provide the ability to build and refine company data lists quickly and easily 3. The subscription shall provide access to a database of 10 million companies and more than 50 search criteria, company lists and profiles which can be sorted, viewed and downloaded 4 MARKETING ANALYSIS - The subscription shall provide the ability to locate relevant information as follows: a. Headquarters or establishments, Producer/ Distributor /Service provider, b. company size, company information (phone... etc) c. location, import areas, export areas d. activity sectors e. NAF 2008 (France only), shareholders, stakeholders/non affiliates f. detailed analysis of online results g. distribution charts and/or statistics h. available formats (2D pie charts and bar charts) i. display j. print via pdf k. download (jpg, png, vector) 5. FINANCIAL INFORMATION - the subscription shall allow the ability to evaluate the financial health of your partners to allow the ability to make informed decisions by providing access to the following relevant and detailed financial information: a. Risk class evaluation b. Shareholders c. Stakeholders / subsidiaries d. Refine your search according to your objectives e. Low / medium / high risk level 6. EXECUTIVE - the Subscription shall allow account management as follows: a. User administration b. Monitor usage c. Send invitations to new users d. Manage download credits 7. Industry Sector Content - For each of the industry sectors, the content offering shall include: a. Industry sector content shall provide global, systematically updated reports, analysis, ratings and forecasts based on a specific methodology that provides for comparative analysis. b. Reports and Strategic Content Approximately 1,300 country-industry sector-specific reports published containing market overviews; industry forecast scenarios, regulatory analysis and the competitive landscape. These reports are reviewed and rewritten on a quarterly basis. The following is also included: The Contractor shall provide delivery of the subscription thru a URL link from the CDP Page on the ITA Central intranet using IP authentication. Account Support service deliver be provided to the CDP Team remotely through webinars for training, email and telephone. The period of performance is 12 months from date of award with a 12 month option period. The subscription will be accessed by 20 users. The statement of capabilities should include: 1. Firm name, address, e-mail, telephone and fax numbers 2. Small business certification - 8(a), HubZone, Service Disabled Veteran or Women-owned. 3. Applicable contract vehicles (i.e. DOC, GSA, NASA SEWP) available for Government-wide use. 4. Past Experience - describe your experience of similar type, size and complexity to that which is the subject of this Sources Sought. 5. Provide a listing of three (3) most recent projects your firm has performed. 6. Your firms Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 7. System for Award Management (SAM) registered NAICS Codes. Interested parties should submit their responses in either a.doc or.pdf compatible format via email. Submissions should be no more than ten (10) pages plus cover sheet. The DOC does not intend to respond to questions concerning this requirement at this time. Responses should be submitted to Monica.Brown@trade.gov.
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