Updated Open Market Sources Sought - Market Research and Data Profile.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking sources for the GSA Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement (CASE).

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

GSA Acquisition Operations Division (5Q1ZA) 1734 Corporate Crossing Suite 2 O’Fallon, IL 62269

INTRODUCTION:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT to determine the availability and technical capability of companies to provide the required services.

The Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement engages in Federal, Military/Defense, State, and Local Government customer market research and analysis. This research and analysis assists all the components of GSA in determining customer buying patterns and spending trends.

In addition to the many Federal customers and programs, this research and analysis aids GSA in supporting State, Local, and Tribal initiatives including cooperative purchasing, disaster recovery purchasing, and law enforcement programs.

GSA is seeking information on potential sources that can provide customer market research and analysis through a subscription service so that CASE can fulfill its mission by understanding customer buying patterns and spending trends. This service is expected to provide a comprehensive online collection of data that is accessible through both a queryable web portal and an application programming interface (API), provide high-end analysis, and deliver complete or summary reporting from a variety of news outlets. Sources are expected to have the data and are not expected to develop a database solution in house for the GSA.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE AND

SIZE STANDARD:

519130 – Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals 1,000 employee size standard

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE (PSC):

DA10 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

In their responses, potential sources shall provide detailed responses on their ability to deliver/perform the following:

1. Provide a comprehensive online collection of data through a data subscription (sources are expected to have the data and are not expected to develop a database solution in house for the GSA) that is accessible through both a queryable web portal and an application programming interface (API) for:

a. Federal: Information about federal executive, legislative and independent agencies and organizations, including DoD and all branches of the armed forces along with their command structure with associated offices (Major Commands) which includes the following:

i. Federal Market Intelligence/Analysis (trends, contract vehicle preference, etc.)

ii. Federal organizational charts and key contacts, including but not limited to senior executives (CIO, CFO, CAO, CPO, Disaster Recovery, etc.)

iii. Federal Task and Delivery Order Information

iv. Federal Agency Budgets

v. Federal Agency Profiles

vi. Federal Agency Issues

vii. Federal Agency Initiatives

viii. Federal Customer and Industry Events

ix. Ability to do primary research for Federal Agencies/Opportunities

x. Ability to create or request customized customer lists for mail, email and phone contact

b. State and Local: Information about all 50 States and the largest 100 counties and largest 100 cities (based on the current budgets of the counties and cities), which includes the following:

i. State and Local Market Intelligence/Analysis (trends, contract vehicle preference, etc.)

ii. State and Local organizational charts and key contacts, including but not limited to senior executives (CIO, CFO, CAO, CPO, Disaster Recovery, etc.)

iii. State and Local Task and Delivery Order Information

iv. State and Local Budgets

v. State and Local Profiles

vi. State and Local Issues

vii. State and Local Initiatives

viii. State Customer and Industry Events

ix. Ability to do primary research for State and Local

Agencies/Opportunities

x. Ability to create or request customized customer lists for mail, email and phone contacts

c. Tribal: Information about federally recognized tribes, which includes the following:

i. Tribe Profile

ii. Tribe BIA Region

iii. Tribe Budgets and Estimated Spend

iv. Tribe Issues

v. Tribe Initiatives

d. Legislative: Information about federal and state legislation as it progresses from introduction to enactment.

i. Bill summaries

ii. Markup and regulatory comment tracking

iii. Analysis of legislation impact on agency/state budgets and operations

iv. Detailed Congressional Directories

v. Ability to create or request customized alerts for particular legislation or congressional districts to be delivered automatically by email

e. Industry: Information about specific industries and markets, which includes the following:

i. Industry Market Intelligence/Analysis (size, trends, competitors, etc.) for the following 10 government-wide categories and/or their associated sub-categories:

1. Facilities and Construction

2. Professional Services

3. IT

4. Medical

5. Transportation and Logistics

6. Industrial Products and Services

7. Travel

8. Security and Protection

9. Human Capital

10. Office Management

SOURCES SOUGHT:

This Sources Sought is requesting responses to the following information from all businesses that have a demonstrated ability to provide the aforementioned required services.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Responses should be no more than 3 pages in length and include:

1) Business name and address;

a. Name of company representative and their business title;

b. Type of Business (Small/Large);

c. Socio-Economic Status;

d. All Federal Government IDV’s your company holds, which could be utilized for this requirement. Please ensure you include your contract number, if applicable.

2) The contractor shall specifically identify and demonstrate their experience performing tasks described above.

Vendors who wish to respond to this should send responses via email NLT Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 10:00 AM Central Time to Kimberly.Hampel@gsa.gov.

DISCLAIMERS:

This sources sought is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for quote. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government.

Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary. The Government will not entertain questions at this time.

1. Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials.

All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

All government and contractor personnel reviewing RFI responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.