Attachment 2 - Brand Name Justification_(1232SA25Q0019)_Redacted.pdf

This is a Limited Source/Brand Name Justification document (FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)) from the USDA Economic Research Service requesting renewal of their Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) consortium membership. The document justifies the sole-source procurement by explaining that GTAP provides unique publicly available datasets used for computational general equilibrium models, including standard data, land-use data, and greenhouse gas data that ERS uses for USDA policy analysis.

The justification explains that the GTAP Data Base is constructed by the Center for Global Trade Analysis but is only available through membership in the GTAP Consortium. The membership fee provides access to the exclusive datasets and includes participation in annual meetings where future data acquisition decisions are made. The contracting activity is located in Beltsville, MD and the requesting agency is based in Washington, DC. While specific pricing information is redacted, the document includes certifications from technical personnel confirming the accuracy of the justification and the determination that only one source is reasonably available.