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B -- STUDY TO EVALUATE PRICE AND QUANTITY DATA DERIVED FROM STORE SCANNER DATA FOR USE IN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SOL RFI T.N. 99-31 POC Julie Lawrence, Contract Negotiator, (202) 219-6445, Phyllis R. McMeekin, Contracting Officer The Bureau of Labor Statistics is conducting a study to evaluate price and quantity data derived from store scanner data for use in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The commodity under study is breakfast cereal. Scanner data by week must be provided for at least 34 of the 38 geographic areas that the CPI uses to partition the urban United States. Delivery must be within two weeks of the end of the data collection period. Data must be based on a census or probability-based stratified random sample of the total U.S. chain and independent supermarket, mass merchandiser and drug store universe. Stratification variables should include type of store and geography. At least 2,600 stores must be included in the sample and stores must cover 80 percent of total sales in stores with sales of $2 million or more. The breakfast cereal data required is as follows: 1. Northeast Census Region for calendar 1999 by week provided by January 31, 2000. 2. Northeast Census Region for calendar year 2000 by week on a flow basis. 3. National data for January through June 2000 by August 31, 2000. Vendors interested in performing this project must submit a Statement of Qualifications which identifies: The vendor's experience in the performance of studies the same as or similar to the one to be performed. Responses must cite the number of this study (RFI T.N. 99-31), and must state whether the respondent is a large or a small business concern. The SIC code is 8732 and the Small Business size standard is $5 million. Respondents that are small business concerns must also state whether they are small disadvantaged business and/or small women-owned businesses. The closing date for the receipt of responses is August 31, 1999. Send your response (original and two copies) to the attention of Julie Lawrence at the U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20210. The Government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this study among large or small businesses or to make the award to an 8(a) firm, based on the responses received. This synopsis is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No technical or solicitation documents exist at this time. All firms/organizations that submit responses will be included in the distribution of any subsequent solicitation. Posted 08/17/99 (I-SN368724). (0229)

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