B01 - NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE.pdf
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This notice of intent to sole source announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service's plan to award a task order to Mathematica, Inc. on a sole source basis. The task order is for research services to study school meal operations during school year 2023-2024, building upon a previous contract and order awarded to Mathematica to conduct the first four years of the study. Interested parties may submit capability statements and rationale by July 13, 2023 to provide reason for the work to be competed, though a decision to compete is at the government's sole discretion. If no response is received, award will be made to Mathematica without further notice due to their specialized knowledge of the data collection tools, analyses, variables, and study reports developed for the previous phases of this research. The follow-on task order allows Mathematica to continue leveraging their significant expertise gained through four years of conducting the school meals operations study.
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE:
NAICS: 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
PSC: AF11 Education, Training, Employment, & Social SVCS R&D SVCS; Education SVCS R&D; Basic Research
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Contracts Management Division (CMD), intends to award on a sole-source basis a Task Order to Mathematica, Inc., 600 Alexander Park Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6346, United States for research services to study school meal operations, School Year 2023 - 2024 in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (Attachment 1).
This requirement for research services to study school meal operations, School Year 2023 – 2024 is a follow on to Contract Number 12319819A0009, Order Number 12319819F0162 for School Meals Operations Study. Mathematica Inc. previously created highly specialized study protocols and developed highly specialized study materials. Due to the familiarity of Mathematica Inc.
with the data collection tools, analyses conducted, variables created, and study reports written, they are the best contracting option for conducting these continued research services.
Mathematica has built a significant base of highly specialized knowledge while conducting the first four years of the study. That knowledge base is broad and includes important topical information as well as pragmatic and logistic information, both of which will be invaluable to study the proposed additional school year.
Interested parties may submit capability statements and rationale by July 13, 2023, 12:00 P.M., Eastern Time (ET) to Tracy-Ann.Thomas-Arthur@usda.gov. If no affirmative written response is received, award will be made without further notice. The written response must include a general statement for services mentioned in this announcement and past performance client information for similar work. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES AND A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED.
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