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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: ITC-OOEC-26-0018 ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE: $26,376.00

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

This requirement is to purchase an updated version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Critical Mineral (CM) database that is compatible with GTAP v12 with a reference year of 2023. GTAP is a mathematical model and set of databases of the global economy used for the analysis of trade policies.

3. Justification for Limited Competition:

GTAP spent substantial time developed the original GTAP-CM database, with a reference year of 2017. The database combines information from multiple sources of varying quality. The technical process for reconciling the different data, as well as methodology to balance the resulting dataset, is complex. Awarding this contract to another vendor would require substantially more Commission resources to bing the bender up to speed on the methodology and to discuss key assumptions, and would require the vendor to spend significant time understanding the existing technical documentation and sources of data.

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

DateSignature

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

Ian Quillman

DateSignature

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

4. Description of Market Research Conducted and Results:

Commission staff monitors sources of data and modeling services continually, conducting market research throughout the year.

No other source has been found offering such a disaggregated and unified data source.

Vendor Name: Purdue University - Center for Global Trade Analysis

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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Shadara Peters 5/2/2018 J:\usitc graphics\seal in blue.jpg 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 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.