Westat, Inc., a prominent research and professional services firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, received a firm fixed price purchase order from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center on June 20, 2018. The contract, valued at $6,361, provides software licensing services for the period of August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2019. Specifically, Westat will supply a Blaise Regular License for one developer-user ($6,180) and Blaise CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing) for one application-user ($181). The contract was not awarded under a small business set-aside. Invoicing is to be submitted electronically through the IPP (Integrated Procurement Portal) vendor registration system, with delivery to the USDA facility in Beltsville, Maryland.
Blaise is industry-standard survey software used extensively by statistical agencies and research organizations for data collection, survey design, and analysis. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service will utilize these licenses to support its research operations at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, which conducts nutrition research to inform public health and agricultural policy. As an established federal contractor with extensive experience across public health, education, and social policy domains, Westat regularly supports government agencies through research services, data collection, and technical assistance initiatives.
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