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Statement of Need for Data on Sub-national Activity in the U.S. Construction Industry

Section 1- Introduction/Background

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), as the nation’s accountant and one of the world’s leading statistical agencies, produces measures of the U.S. economy, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies and disseminates statistics to the public. In order to promote a better understating of local-area economies and respond to the growing needs of BEA’s data users, statistics, methodologies, and underlying source data are constantly evaluated and improved.

BEA requires data to include in the computation, evaluation, and quality control of sub-national economic statistics. This data contributes to the fulfillment of BEA’s need to acquire supplemental data to help ensure the economic measures produced by BEA are accurate, relevant, and timely.

Section 2 - Statement of Objectives

The objective of this procurement is to obtain two data files containing information about construction industry activity at the sub-national level in the United States. One file will contain the most current information available (2020) about the value put in place of construction projects registered in all U.S. county equivalents. The data file must contain information on the estimated total value of construction projects, as well as estimates of the amount of the work actually completed during the reporting period. The file must contain information on type of project (residential or nonresidential) and category of ownership (public or private) for each project. The file must also present this data in a manner consistent with historical data files previously obtained by BEA. The file must contain comprehensive information on construction projects registered in the 3,142 county equivalents in the U.S. The second file will contain multi-year (1997-2020) information about nonresidential building projects in U.S. county equivalents. The file should contain a breakout of project types, and also indicate category of ownership (public or private). The file must contain comprehensive information on construction projects registered in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

This data will supplement the limited source data currently used in the computation of regional GDP and private fixed investment statistics. BEA plans to apply this data to the estimation of the sub-national output and value-added measures published in BEA’s regional accounts. The required data will be incorporated in measures of economic activity in the construction sector occurring in substate regions throughout the U.S. Construction sector activity is a closely-watched indicator of the overall health of the U.S. economy. The requested data are a crucial component of BEA’s strategic goals for improving the estimation and analysis of sub-national GDP statistics.

Section 3 - Period of Performance

Value Put in Place Data

The total period of performance under this contract with all options exercised is for five years from date of award.

Construction Starts Data

The total period of performance under this contract with all options exercised is for five years from date of award.

Section 4 - Technical Specifications and Deliverables

Pricing Evaluation Service: Data

Value Put in Place Data

Time period the data covers: One year (2020) Frequency of the data: Annual

Granularity: Totals by U.S. county equivalent, with information on type of project (residential or nonresidential) and category of ownership (public or private)

Delivery Schedule: Initial access to the required data will occur on or before August 30, 2021

In each option year, data provided under this agreement will be delivered on or before July 31 of the option year.

Construction Starts Data

Time period the data covers: Twenty-four years (1997-2020) Frequency of the data: Annual

Granularity: Totals by U.S. county equivalent, with information on type of project and category of ownership (public or private)

Delivery Schedule: Initial access to the required data will occur on or before August 30, 2021

In each option year, data provided under this agreement will be delivered on or before July 31 of the option year.

Section 5 - Contracting Officer Representative (COR)/Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COR)

A. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

Wendy Graves is hereby designated as the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). The COR may be changed at any time by the Government without prior notice to the contractor by a unilateral modification to the contract.

The COR is located at:

Bureau of Economic Analysis 4600 Silver Hill Road Suitland, MD 20746 Email: procurement@bea.gov Phone #: (301) 278-9013

Alt COR is Vanessa Wade

(301) 278-9697

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