Address List Field Augmentation Data - Sources Sought Notice.pdf

Agency: United States Census Bureau

Title: Address List Field Augmentation Data

Notice Type: Sources Sought Notice

ID Number: GEO-27-HK-001

1. Synopsis:

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION

WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is in support of Market Research being conducted by the United States Census Bureau (USCB) to identify potential small business sources for this effort. This is not a Request for Proposal/Request for Quote (or solicitation) or an indication that a contractual commitment will exist for this requirement. The Government does not intend to award a contract solely on the basis of this market research. No funds are necessarily obligated for any requirement or solicitation that may or may not ultimately arise from the results of this market research.

Pursuant to RFO FAR Part 10 Market Research, the USCB is requesting information in order to identify potential sources for Address List Field Augmentation Data.

The Government is interested in identifying all small businesses including Small Disadvantaged Businesses, SBA-Certified 8(a) Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone Businesses, and Women-Owned Small Businesses capable of performing these services. The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice in accordance with Paragraph 3 of this

SSN.

NAICS Classifications:

The proposed primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this notice is:

518210 – Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related

Services

2. Scope and Description of Requirements:

Please refer to Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement (PWS).

3. Instructions To Respond:

Capable sources shall respond to this SSN by providing the information below:

(a) Company Information (does not apply to the overall page count):

- Company Name

- Company Address

- Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code

- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number

- Company business size by NAICS code 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services)

- Socio-economic status, business size, and size standard/applicable

- Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) or Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Number, if applicable

- Point of Contact

- Telephone Number

- Email address

- Web Page URL

(b) Response to Market Research Questions:

1. Describe the approaches, technologies, data sources, or methodologies your company could use to meet this requirement. Examples may include, but are not limited to, satellite imagery, geospatial data, field surveys, third-party data sources, public records, and automated or machine-assisted data collection and verification methods.

2. Describe your company’s capabilities to securely deliver the data sets in the formats required

(Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Address Standard, x,y coordinates, file-level metadata) with required attributes (see Appendix A of Attachment 1 - PWS) on regular agreed upon intervals (e.g. quarterly, semi-annually).

3. Describe your company’s capabilities to ensure data quality for collected/acquired address data and provide a data quality report that describes how data provided meets the categories of geographic data quality described in national and international standards:

a. Completeness (i.e., commission and omission)

b. Logical consistency (e.g., conceptual, format, and domain consistency)

c. Positional accuracy (i.e., coordinate accuracy)

d. Temporal quality (e.g., temporal consistency of data no older than 5 years)

e. Thematic accuracy (e.g., classification and attribute correctness)

i. Identify potential risks, challenges, or limitations associated with collecting, acquiring, verifying, and maintaining rural and remote address data.

Considering factors such as data accuracy and completeness, geographic accessibility, limited or outdated source data, technology limitations, data availability and licensing, privacy and security, schedule, cost, and the need for ongoing data updates, describe approaches your company would use to assess, mitigate, and manage these risks.

ii. Identify how discrepancies or inconsistencies in rural address data are handled, particularly in remote or sparsely populated areas.

4. Describe your company’s capabilities to collaborate with tribal governments to develop and/or acquire address data.

5. Describe the offered price structure for providing address data at the individual address level, as well as for larger datasets, such as at the county, census tract, or census block level. (This structure should include all costs elements to develop, provide Quality Control (QC) measures, and deliver the address data to the Government.) Also describe licensing terms for offered address data including applicable specific use restrictions.

The above information shall be addressed within no more than seven (7) pages, which each measure 8.5” x 11”, and containing 12-pitch font size. Capable sources shall provide their response to the below Points of Contacts No Later Than November 06, 2026, at 12:00PM (Noon) Eastern Time:

Primary Points of Contact:

Harjot Kaur Contracting Officer Harjot.Kaur@census.gov

Jim Brooks Contract Specialist James.N.Brooks.Jr@census.gov

(End of Sources Sought Notice)