A02.12 PWS IMPLAN Data for RECONS dated 2025.07.03.docx

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

IMPLAN ECONOMIC DATA AND MULTIPLIERS FOR USACE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Institute for Water Resources (IWR), established in 1969, provides forward-looking analysis and research to support the Civil Works (CW) program and mission. IWR is a special element of USACE devoted to analyzing the changing water resources management conditions and developing planning methodologies and analytical tools to address the economic, social, institutional, and environmental needs for water resources planning and policy. IWR is located at the Humphreys Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, within the Washington DC, National Capital Region (NCR). IWR has satellite centers in New Orleans, LA, Davis, CA, Golden, CO, and Pittsburgh, PA.

IWR is currently responsible for several water resources activities or programs including the evaluation of CW strategic plans, CW policies and programs, investment and financial analysis, performance measurements and evaluations, infrastructure analysis, and other water resources-related activities. IWR provides technical assistance to USACE division offices, district offices, and laboratories, as well as other Federal agencies, international organizations, financial institutions, and foreign governments in a broad range of topic areas related to levee and dam safety, risk assessment, dredging requirements, port/waterway transportation, aquatic ecosystem restoration, environmental stewardship, flood and drought risk management, emergency preparedness, watershed planning, regulatory, multipurpose water resources, including hydroelectric power, water supply and reallocation, recreation, and other water and related land resources issues.

Among these various responsibilities, IWR – via the Regional Economic Systems (RECONS) Program – is tasked with developing analytical frameworks and supporting the USACE district offices to evaluate and estimate the Regional Economic Development (RED) benefits and contributions associated with USACE projects, programs, and infrastructure investments. These benefits fall into the RED account—one of the four primary accounts used to evaluate projects—capturing changes in the distribution of regional economic activity resulting from USACE activities. These activities span key business lines, such as flood risk management, navigation, hydropower, water supply, recreation, etc. The RED account assesses the economic shifts that occur within the affected regions, including impacts on employment, business activity, and local economic resilience. Regional economic impacts and contributions are measured as economic output, jobs, income, and value added. Estimates are calculated for three geographic areas: local, state, and national.

Currently, RED impact analysis uses IMPLAN economic multipliers as the underlying analytical structure for estimating the ripple effects of economic changes across industries from Corps activities. These multipliers capture direct, indirect, and induced impacts of USACE projects, illustrating how shifts in investments or infrastructure development permeate throughout the regional economies, influencing employment, business activity, and overall economic resilience. By leveraging IMPLAN’s latest economic data/multiplier, the RED analysis can effectively evaluate the shifts in economic activity resulting from USACE projects. IMPLAN is the industry standard for the Input-output economic modeling.

2. SCOPE

The purpose of this Contract is for USACE to acquire the most recent IMPLAN National Data Package and have access to IMPLAN’s cloud-based web services. This will include full access to the IMPLAN National Dataset, including all the industry sectors, all state totals, and each individual county in the U.S., as well as access to the IMPLAN cloud and web services throughout the agreement period or period of performance. This Contract will grant access to up to five designated users, allowing them to fully utilize the most up-to-date IMPLAN economic multiplier and industry data and web-services to conduct USACE RED analysis on behalf of the USACE enterprise.

Additionally, throughout the agreement period or period of performance, the Contractor will provide necessary customer service and technical support in addition to providing full access to the latest IMPLAN National Dataset, ensuring the users have adequate assistance to fully and best utilize the IMPLAN data/services.

3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall have expertise in regional economic impact analysis and ensure timely delivery of the latest datasets (throughout the agreement period or period of performance), enabling USACE to utilize the latest economic multipliers and ratios in support of the RECONS Program to conduct RED analysis of USACE projects.

3.1. NON-PERSONAL SERVICES

The Contractor shall provide strictly non-personal services, and the Contractor employees are not subject to direct supervision and control by the Government. The Contractor shall advise and support the Government but shall not make final decisions or certifications on behalf of the Government nor perform any inherently governmental functions. The Contractor and its employees shall not represent the Government nor appear to represent the Government in performance of these contract services. The Contractor personnel shall clearly identify themselves as contractor employees in all interactions during contract performance.

3.2. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The work shall be performed at the Contractor’s physical site.

3.3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The base period of performance (POP) will be 12 months from the date of contract award or notice to proceed (NTP). Following the NTP, the Contractor shall make available for use all the latest IMPLAN data and web services immediately (no later than 14 days after NTP). Throughout the POP, the Contractor shall provide customer service and/or technical support, as needed, to ensure users have adequate assistance to fully and best utilize the IMPLAN data/services.

3.4. MATERIALS

None required.

3.5. TRAVEL

None required.

3.6. SECURITY AND SAFETY

(a). General security and safety requirements: The security requirements described below apply to all contract personnel (including employees of the prime Contractor (“Contractor”) and all subcontractor employees) supporting the performance requirements of this contract. The Contractor is responsible for compliance with these security requirements. Questions regarding security matters shall be addressed to the designated Government representative (e.g., Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Requiring Activity (RA) representative, or Contracting Officer (if a COR or other RA representative is not appointed)). Contract personnel are critical to the overall security and safety of US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) installations, facilities and activities, and security awareness training contributes to those efforts. Contractor personnel and vehicles are subject to search when entering federal installations. Additionally, all contract personnel shall comply with Force Protection Condition (FPCON) measures, Random Antiterrorism Measures (commonly referred to as “RAMs”), and Health Protection Condition (HPCON) measures. The Contractor is responsible for meeting performance requirements during elevated FPCON and/or HPCON levels in accordance with applicable RA plans and procedures. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the FPCON or HPCON levels at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may implement security changes that affect contract personnel. The Contractor shall ensure all contract personnel are aware of their security responsibilities, including any site-specific requirements identified in local policies or procedures.

The Contractor and its subcontractors shall comply with Public Law 91-596 (Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)) and the Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) (DODD 4715.1E). These requirements shall be incorporated into the contractor’s safety and health program. The Department of Defense (DoD) participates in the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Contractor personnel performing services on a DoD installation shall participate in the local VPP. Information on the VPP is available at https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/vpp/all_about_vpp.html.

(b). The work under this contract will be UNCLASSIFIED and network or facility access is not required. No contractor employees are expected to require physical access to government facilities or access to government information and/or information systems. However, in the event of such access, contractor employees are subject to a fitness determination and appropriate vetting.

4. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS (TASK AREA)

Task 1. The contractor shall immediately (within 14 days after NTP) make available all the latest IMPLAN data and web services, granting access to the five designated users. Additionally, new economic data, as it becomes available (expected around December of each year), shall be made available to all designated users within 14 days of the updated data release.

Task 2. Throughout the period of performance (1 year from NTP), the Contractor shall provide, as needed, customer service and/or technical support to the five designated users, i.e., account setup/license access, IMPLAN interface navigation, providing best practices for using the available data packages, troubleshooting errors, API support, any training, as appropriate, to ensure all users have adequate assistance to fully and best utilize the IMPLAN data/services.

5. DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

The Contractor shall make the latest IMPLAN data and web services available to the five designated users immediately – or within a reasonable period (no later than 14 days) – following NTP. Additionally, for every inquiry made by the five users under this agreement, the Contractor shall provide adequate response within a 14-day period, or within a reasonable period, where justified by unforeseen circumstances.

6. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY (PRS)

N/A

7. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

N/A

8. CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE (COR) AND/OR TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPOC) A Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) will be appointed for this contract. The COR and TPOC have no authority to direct the contractor in any way to alter the contractual obligation. The Contracting Officer is the only individual authorized to make changes to this contract.