J-A PANIEGUA_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification and Approval for Single Source Awards form from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). The document justifies a sole source contract with Jordi Paniagua from the University of Valencia to update the Commission's Multinational Revenue, Employment, and Investment Database (MREID). The requirement is essential for producing quantitative analysis to comply with statutory obligations under 19 U.S.C. 1332(g).

The single source justification is based on Paniagua's unique knowledge of the original database's construction, as he was a member of the team that initially developed it. Commission staff acknowledge that while academics generally have skills to update databases, they lack prior knowledge of this specific database's construction. The requisition number is 6400-OOEc-25-0011, and the document indicates that only Paniagua has the specialized expertise required to complete the database update effectively.