Justification and Approval.pdf

Justification and Approval for Single Source Awards

USITC - 050 (Rev. 5/2018)

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-22-0010 ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE:

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

An update to the Commission's International and Trade Production Dataset for Estimation (ITPD-E) database. The database will be updated to a version that is usable for simulation purposes (ITPD-S).

3. Justification for Limited Competition:

This work builds upon products developed over two prior contracts, ITC-PO-17-0039 34300021P0021. The databases for these contracts were constructed by Yoto Yotov and his team and required custom methodology and techniques. Awarding this contract to another vendor would require Commission staff to spend significant time to bring the vendor up to speed on the underlying methodology and techniques, and require the vendor to spend significant time recreating code and understanding what the next steps are to extend the database.

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

Jun 8, 2022

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

Sumit Rana

Date

6/13/2020

Signature

DateUSITC.GOVPosted: FBO (>$25,000)

4. Description of Market Research Conducted and Results:

Commission staff are aware of researchers that may be able to perform the work. However, because this is a unique dataset, the skills used to create it are unique to Professor Yotov.

Vendor Name: Yoto V. Yotov

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Washington, D.C. 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street S.W.

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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.