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R -- DATA ON PRICES AND QUANTITIES OF RETAIL PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED BY UNIVERS AL PRODUCT CODE OR A SMILIAR IDENTIFIER-POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT SOL RFI T.N. 95-18 POC Leonard L. Bednar, Contract Negotiator, (202) 219-6445 Phyllis R. McMeekin, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-6445. This is a market survey supporting the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to locate qualified sources to provide scanner data on prices and quantities of retail products identified by universal product code or similar identifiers. This data needs to be for a sample (or the universe) of retail outlets in most metropolitan markets in the United States. For each outlet and time period, BLS is in need of a record of the quantities of the products sold as well as the prices paid (or the revenue received) for the product. In addition to the data for each outlet, BLS is interested in obtaining aggregated scanner data by outlet type (i.e., grocery stores, mass merchandisers, etc.). All of the data needs to be machine readable and available monthly (although weekly submissions would be preferable). In addition to the aforementioned data, BLS is interested in the availability of software marketed by vendors of the data that would make the data easier to use for research and analytical purposes. Vendors who have the capability of providing the data and software identified above are invited to submit information on those capabilities (in original and five copies) to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Procurement Services, Room S-5220, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. The information must be sent to the attention of Leonard L. Bednar, and it must be received by him by 4:45 pm on June 5, 1995. After reviewing the responses, BLS will determine whether it will issue a solicitation. BLS has already received literature from A.C. Nielson and Information Resources, Inc., and it is aware that those vendors have the software needed by it. This notice does not commit the Government to pay vendors any costs that they may incur in the preparation and submission of their responses, and it does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation document. All firms/organizations who submit responses will be included in the distribution of any subsequent solicitation. (0135)

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