Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, FOB #3, Room 1541, Washington,(Suitland, MD) DC 20233

A -- PANEL ON FUTURE CENSUSES POC Alba Sanchez (301)457-1804 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Contracting Officer via email., alba.sanchez@census.gov. The Bureau of the Census (BOC) intends to contract with the National Research Council for advisory and assistance services to conduct a study to assist in planning, acquisition, analysis and evaluation of data needed to begin the planning for the 2010 decennial census during Census 2000. The study will be conducted in three phases over the period September 1998 through April 2003. First phase will consider and propose critical research for Census 2010 and critique the proposed Census 2010 Design Continuum. The second phase will review the results of the Census 2000 evaluation studies and experimentation, as well as related studies with specific attention to the appropriate use of administrative records. The third phase will examine and delineate the scope and timing of major tests in preparation for Census 2010. This effort requires the unique qualifications and expertise of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences on relevant issues to census matters. Expertise required include the fields of statistics, including and survey research; demography, social sciences such as ethnography, social psychology and cultural anthropology, and experts who are knowledgeable about the use of census data at all levels. These services will be acquired on an other than full and open basis under the authority of Executive Order 2859 as amended by Executive Order 10668. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. However, only proposals received within 30 days after publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. (0148)

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