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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-25-0007 ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE: $0.00

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

160 hours of services on global macroeconomic modeling and training. This contract is essential to produce quantitative analysis to comply with the Commission’s statutory obligations under 19 U.S.C. 1332(g). Specifically, the services will provide essential analysis of macroeconomic topics such as the trade deficit and unemployment in factfinding investigations and trade policy support.

3. Justification for Limited Competition:

Professor Dix-Carneiro developed a unique model that combines several features that are of interest to the Commission: labor adjustment costs, unemployment, trade dynamics, and trade balances. His work will build upon the work he has done with the Commission under contract 34300021P0038, 34300022P0016, and 34300023P0019.

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

Ravinder Ubee

Date

May 8, 2025

Signature

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

Alisha Hunt

Date

Jul 7, 2025

Signature

Date Jul 7, 2025USITC.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 some of the topics modeled by Dix-Carneiro's methodology. However, none of them combine all of these features into one model. In addition, Dix-Carneiro's methodology is unique because it allows for modeling a large number of countries and industries, which is of crucial interest to the Commission.

Vendor Name: Rafael Dix-Carneiro

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.