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Justification and Approval for Single Source Awards

USITC - 050 (Rev. 4/2022)

Print Form U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20436 United States Phone: 202-205-3098 www.usitc.gov

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Consolidated J&A for actions Not Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) (FAR 13.501)

Contracting Office Requiring Office

U.S. International Trade Commission

Office of Procurement

500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436

U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436

Office of Economics

Justification and Approval for: Single Source Brand Name

1. REQUISITION NUMBER: 6400-OOEC-24-0007 ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE: $0.00

2. Description of supplies or Services Required to Meet Agency:

300 hours of advisory services from Robert Feenstra. This advisory service includes informative modeling of the impact of trade policies on the regional employment in the US.

3. Justification for Limited Competition:

The Commission has recently been focused on estimating the regional impacts of trade policy. The topic is a narrow field and Professor Robert Feenstra at UC Davis is highly regarded as an expert and he is at the forefront of research in international trade.

Professor Robert Feenstra is uniquely qualified in this area because he developed the methodology of estimating accurate elasticities using a non-homothetic gravity equation system, and then creatively the elasticity estimates to study the welfare impact of changing trade polices at U.S. egional level, which has rarely been studied.

5. Requiring Officer's Certification:

I certify that the facts and representations in this justification, included herein, meet the Government's need and that the supporting data which forms the basis for this justification is complete and accurate.

Printed Name, Requiring POC

Karen Thome

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6. Contracting Officer Certification: Posted:

I have received this justification and find it to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Printed Name, Contracting Officer DateSignature

DateUSITC.GOVPosted: www.sam.gov (>$25,000)

4. Description of Market Research Conducted and Results:

The Office of Economics is aware of other members of the academic community who have published papers on the regional impacts of trade policy. Robert Feenstra is uniquely qualified for this work because he has worked with the Commission in the past and is attuned to our needs. He is experienced in the dataset used in this work and is considered an expert in the development of models in this field.

Vendor Name: Robert Feenstra

U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20436 United States Phone: 202-205-3098 www.usitc.gov J:\usitc graphics\seal in blue.jpg Justification and Approval for Single Source Awards USITC - 050 (Rev. 4/2022) Justification & Approval for Single Source Awards Form required for justification & approvals under the simplified acquisition threshold. currently there is only a form for over the SAT, which is much longer and in depth than required by the FAR 9.0.0.2.20101008.1.734229 Deborah Bridge 4/3/2018

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Washington, D.C. 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20436 Justification and Approval for:

5. Requiring Officer's Certification:

I certify that the facts and representations in this justification, included herein, meet the Government's need and that the supporting data which forms the basis for this justification is complete and accurate.

6. Contracting Officer Certification: Posted:

I have received this justification and find it to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Professor Robert Feenstra is uniquely qualified in this area because he developed the methodology of estimating accurate elasticities using a non-homothetic gravity equation system, and then creatively the elasticity estimates to study the welfare impact of changing trade polices at U.S. egional level, which has rarely been studied.