The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Westat, Inc. on June 7, 2019, valued at $6,615 for the provision of Blaise software licensing. The contract covers a Blaise Regular License (one developer-user for $6,427) and Blaise CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing) application user license ($188), along with the Blaise Component Pack. The license agreement is effective from August 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020, with the software to be delivered to the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center Food Survey Research Group in Beltsville, Maryland. No small business set-aside was used for this award.
Westat, Inc., a prominent professional services firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, specializes in research, data collection, and analysis services for federal government agencies. This contract supports the USDA's survey research operations, enabling the Food Survey Research Group to utilize advanced survey development and data collection capabilities. The award reflects the continuation of technology infrastructure necessary for the agency's ongoing survey and research activities.