B -- PROVIDE DATA, ANALYZE, IMPROVE AND EVALUATE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY

Notice Date

June 15, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Business Operations Center, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5416, Washington, DC 20210

ZIP Code

20210

Solicitation Number

RFI T.N. 01-33

Point of Contact

Julie Lawrence, Contract Negotiator, Angel Perez, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-6445

Description

The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is seeking qualified vendors to provide household expenditure data and retail point of sale data with which to analyze, evaluate and improve the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE). The BLS is seeking a contractor to provide expenditure data on the items households buy and the retail stores they frequent. The data shall be compared with CPI and CE data. Data provided shall be at a level of detail that can be aggregated into categories similar to the item classification structure for the CPI and cross-classified by a variety of household demographic characteristics such as age, family size and income. All interested parties who believe they are capable of this requirement are invited to submit in writing, within 15 days of publication of this notice, complete information describing their ability to provide these services. Vendor's interested in performing this project must submit a Statement of Qualifications/Capabilities Statement which identifies the vendor's experience in performing the same or similar service. THE STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE PROVIDED IN TRIPLICATE, AND TRANSMITTED UNDER A COVER LETTER. The cover letter must cite the number of this market survey (RFI T.N. 01-33), and it must state whether the respondent is a large, small or 8(a) business concern. Respondents that are small business concerns must also state whether they are small disadvantaged business and/or woman-owned, HUBZone or service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. The closing date for the receipt of responses is July 1, 2001. Send your response to Julie Lawrence at the U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20210. The Government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this survey among small businesses or to make 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.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010619/BSOL009.HTM (W-166 SN50P1A5)