The Bureau of Labor Statistics awarded a purchase order to J.D. Power for $248,653.00 on September 28, 2026, to provide household telecommunications services survey data through September 27, 2031.
The solicitation, posted August 11, 2026 and due August 25, 2026, carried a women-owned small business set-aside designation. BLS requires one year of household survey data capturing consumer telecommunications service purchases, including residential wireline services (land-line telephone, internet access, cable and satellite television, bundled packages) and wireless telephone services. Vendors must provide four quarterly datasets or one annual dataset with detailed variables including month, ZIP code, provider or carrier, package name, service features, length of service, contract status, and monthly spend. Data must cover a representative cross-section of U.S. households with at least one survey response per service or product per state as minimum standard. Place of performance is Washington, DC 20212. The base year runs September 28, 2026 to September 27, 2027, with four optional one-year extension periods through September 27, 2031.