Intent to Sole Source FDA-75F40126Q00341.pdf
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This is an Intent to Sole Source notice for a federal contract opportunity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a sole-source, firm fixed-price contract to Nielsen Consumer LLC, located at 200 W Jackson Boulevard, Unit 2600, Chicago, Illinois 60606, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The contract covers access to food and cosmetic product and packaging databases and is classified under NAICS Code 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services) with Classification Code 5810 (Communications Security Equipment and Components). The period of performance is one year. Nielsen IQ is identified as the sole source provider because it is the leading supplier of comprehensive market share information and maintains an integrated database providing access to over 1.8 million products from three label databases: LabelInsight, Mintel, and Syndigo, which contain comprehensive product label information and label images.
The notice was posted on August 21, 2026, with a response deadline of August 31, 2026, at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Interested parties that believe they can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement to Terina Hicks at terina.hicks@fda.hhs.gov by the deadline. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals; rather, it is published in accordance with FAR Part 5.101(a)(1) to disseminate information on the proposed contract action. The government reserves the right to determine whether to compete the requirement based on any responsive statements received. If no responsive statements are submitted by the closing date and time, the award will be made to Nielsen Consumer LLC. No telephonic inquiries are accepted.
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Intent to Sole Source
Access to Food and Cosmetic Product and Packaging Databases
FDA-75F40126Q00341
Date Posted: August 21, 2026
Response Date: August 31, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
Classification Code: 5810 – Communications Security Equipment and Components
NAICS Code: 518210 – Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a sole source, firm fixed-price contract to Nielsen Consumer LLC, 200 W Jackson Blvd, Unit 2600, Chicago, Illinois 60606, on a sole source base, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
The FDA / Human Foods Program (HFP) requires the full range of technical, management and support services necessary to obtain and maintain access to US food and cosmetic products. NielsenIQ is the top provider of comprehensive market share information and the current NielsenIQ database provides an integrated access to over 1.8 million products from 3 label databases: LabelInsight, Mintel, and Syndigo
(previously known as Gladson) with the comprehensive product label information and label images. The proposed source has the sole unique technical and other resources required for this acquisition. This will be a one-year period of performance.
This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole-source procurement is FAR 6.302-1.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties that believes it can meet the requirement, may submit a capability statement to Terina Hicks at terina.hicks@fda.hhs.gov by August
31, 2026, at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responsive statements are received before the closing date and time, an award will subsequently be made to Nielsen Consumer
LLC. No telephonic inquiries.
mailto:terina.hicks@fda.hhs.gov
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