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D -- TELEPROCESSING & TIMESHARING SERVICES SOL TADA74100800008 DUE 091897 POC Annita L. Wimbish (301) 713-0829, ext. 203 E-MAIL: Click here to reach Annita L.Wimbish, Contract Specialist, Annita.L.Wimbish@NOAA.gov. D -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA), wishes to secure the services for the following: Access to economic forecasts, economic analyses, computer-based econometric models, econometric software, and computer-based data to carry out the Department's program requirements. These requirements, grouped into three broad areas (Data Access, Forecasting and Analysis, and Econometric Software). Data Access -- The Department's interest is a wide range of economic data for the United States and foreign countries that is documented, current, on-line, and easy to use. Moreover, the Department's interest is in the availability of that data in machine readable form for off-line use on other computer systems, including personal computers; Forecasting and Analysis -- The Department's interest is in the structure of the econometric models supporting the forecasts, the quality of analysis used in interpreting the models, and in the quality of the written analysis. This includes the availability of data series required by the model, the transparency and explainability of the model assumptions and structure, and in software that is easily used by econometric estimation, and model building (models other than those described above); Econometric Software -- The Department is interested in a comprehensive system for performing a wide range of statistical analyses with a user-oriented English-like command language. These three areas combine all of the related needs of the component organizations within the Department. Potential offerors should recognize that while the combined requirements are extensive, no single organization within DOC will require access to all functions and services. As one example, some components of the Department will require access to detailed forecasts of the U.S. domestic economy, while others may only need projections for broad measures of U.S. economic activity. As another example, some units will require support for econometric model and econometric analysts. Other units are primarily interested in the electronic access to economy data that can be transferred to other computer systems (predominately personal computers) for further analysis. Still other units will require only printed materials. Additionally,the Department requires the offeror to provide telecommunications that are accessible via existing equipment owned by DOC, as well as end-user support services. The period of performance will be from October 1, 1997 -- September 30, 1998. We anticipate award of a base year and one option year. Your Request for Quotation (RFQ) can be made by faxing (301) 713-0809 and reference RFQ TADA7410800008, Attn: Annita L. Wimbish. We anticipate award within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $100,000. No telephone requests will be honored. (See Note 1) (0233)

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