RFQ.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SHARED SERVICES PROCUREMENT OFFICE

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION – JobsEQ or Equal Subscription

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION:

JobsEQ or Equal Subscription FOR

SelectUSA Table of Contents

1.0 General Instructions

2.0 Communications and Questions

3.0 Quotation Organization

3.1 Section Technical Contents

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4.0 Evaluation Factors

5.0 Clauses Applicable To This Solicitation

Clauses Incorporated by Reference

6.0 Applicable Attachments

1.0 General Instructions

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) will result in a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract. issued in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures . Offers shall be submitted in electronic format to:

Agency Contact: Alicia Brister, abrister@doc.gov

Contracting Officer: Jameka Anderson, janderson1@doc.gov

Quotations Due Date: April 22, 2026

Quotations are valid for 120 calendar days unless otherwise stipulated by the Offeror.

Hard copies will not be accepted.

In response to this RFQ, the Offeror shall prepare a detailed quotation for meeting all stated requirements and comply with the following limitations and characteristics:

• Do not include marketing materials

• Margins (Top, Bottom, Right and Left) no smaller than 1" (headers and footers are allowed in the margins)

• Submission shall be provided in electronic format only

• Arial size 11 font or Times New Roman 12 font shall be used

• Offers shall be submitted in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2007, MS Excel 2007, (or later) or in text searchable PDF format, as applicable.

2.0 Communications and Questions

Communications shall be conducted electronically by e-mail to the Agency Contact.

The due date for communications and questions concerning this RFQ is April 17, 2026, Questions received after the cut-off date will generally NOT be considered.

Any information given to one Offeror concerning this requirement will be furnished at the same time to other prospective Offerors, if that information is necessary in submitting offers, or if lack of it would be prejudicial to the other prospective Offerors.

3.0 Quotation Organization

Quotation materials shall be organized as follows: Quotation shall identify the appropriate Technical (Part Numbers), Labor Categories (if applicable) and include the Total Price.

To be acceptable, the quotation must meet all the constraints set forth in the Statement of Work Submit electronic file(s) via the Directly via email to: abrister@doc.gov.

3.1 Technical Contents

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Conformance of the proposed items/services to the technical requirements set forth in the Statement of Work It shall indicate the firm’s capabilities and the means used to satisfy the requirements stated in the attached Statement of Work. The Offeror is encouraged to propose any innovative solutions that meet the performance and technical requirements for this procurement.

3.2 Price

The Offeror shall provide a price that reflects their proposed solution to the Government’s requirements. The price to perform the work or deliver the specified product shall be for a period of performance and/or delivery requirements as identified in the Statement of Work. The Offeror’s pricing shall be in accordance with its current Proposed Open-Market Pricing.

4.0 Evaluation Factors

The Government will issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible Offeror using the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable quotation.

The following factors will be used to evaluate quotations.

(1) Technical

The Quote will be evaluated on:

The Offeror’s ability to meet the Brand Name or Equal requirements of the Statement of Work will be evaluated.

• Demonstrated understanding of the requirements while providing products and/or services that meet specific technical requirements.

(2) Price.

Submit total offered pricing in accordance with the items identified in the Statement of Work and current Open Market Proposed Pricing.

5.0 Provisions and Clauses Applicable To This Solicitation

All Open Market Proposed Pricing ☐ Parent contract clauses shall apply to this order.

☒ Open Market order clauses, Terms and Conditions.

Clauses and Provisions Incorporated by Reference 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV

2023) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-

Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2026) 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999)

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority (APR 2010) 1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws (APR 2010) 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010) 1352.213-70 Evaluation Utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures (APR 2010) 1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance (APR 2010) 1352.239-72 Security Requirements for Information Technology (APR 2010)

Clauses and Provisions Incorporated in Full

52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)

(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation.

(b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-

(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;

(2) Clearly identify the item by-

(i) Brand name, if any; and

(ii) Make or model number;

(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and

(4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications.

(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer.

The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.

(End of provision)

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023)

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code(s) and small business size standard(s) for this acquisition appear elsewhere in the solicitation. However, the small business size standard for a concern that submits an offer, other than on a construction or service acquisition, but proposes to furnish an end item that it did not itself manufacture, process, or produce is 500 employees, or 150 employees for information technology value-added resellers under NAICS code 541519, if the acquisition— (1)Is set aside for small business and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold;

(2)Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (3)Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned, or women-owned small business set-aside or sole-source award regardless of dollar value.

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show—

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

(9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 120 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender’s request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with FAR subpart 4.10), or alternative commercial products or commercial services for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

(2)

(i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is "late" and will not be https://www.gsa.gov/forms-library/solicitationcontractorder-commercial-items https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-3#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-3#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.gsa.gov/forms-library/solicitationcontractorder-commercial-items https://www.acquisition.gov/far/subpart-4.10#FAR_Subpart_4_10 considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and-

(A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or

(B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or

(C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

(ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

(4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(5) Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers. Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer.

(g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

(1)

(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101–29, and copies of Federal specifications, standards, and product descriptions can be downloaded from the ASSIST website at https://assist.dla.mil.

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained from the address in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision.

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(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the ASSIST website at https://assist.dla.mil.

(3) Defense documents not available from the ASSIST website may be requested from the Defense Standardization Program Office by—

(i) Using the ASSIST feedback module ( https://assist.dla.mil/feedback); or

(ii) Contacting the Defense Standardization Program Office by telephone at 571–767–6688 or email at assisthelp@dla.mil.

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(j) Unique entity identifier.(Applies to all offers that exceed the micro-purchase threshold, and offers at or below the micro-purchase threshold if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation "Unique Entity Identifier" followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see FAR subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

(k) [Reserved]

(l) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of the rationale for award;

(5) For acquisitions of commercial products, the make and model of the product to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Lowest Price Technically Acceptable.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are not applicable.

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(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Oct 2025)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov.

(End of clause)

6.0 Applicable Attachments

a. Statement of Work

STATEMENT OF WORK

for

SelectUSA JobsEQ Subscription https://www.sam.gov/

March 13, 2026

1.0 Call Order Overview

This requirement is for a license order for seven (7) users. The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the call order service providers performing the products or services herein.

Background

SelectUSA is the first U.S. Government-wide initiative to attract and retain foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. SelectUSA works actively to attract quality investment projects into the United States while taking steps at the federal level to ensure the United States is the premier investment destination in the world. It does this by assisting two client classifications: international investors and U.S. Economic Development Organizations (EDOs).

SelectUSA promotes and supports FDI in the United States, contributing to U.S. job creation, innovation, and competitiveness. SelectUSA is a program within the Global Markets (GM), International Trade Administration (ITA)of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).

2.1 Objective and Requirement

JobsEQ is a subscription Software as a Service platform by Chmura Economics that provides data and analytics on industry, occupation, and demographic characteristics and trends at granular geographic levels. Utilizing a combination of public data and proprietary algorithms, JobsEQ allows users to customize data by building custom regions and custom industry and occupation groups, as well as test economic events or alternative economic forecasts. The software is dynamic and interactive, with exportable reports, raw data, and customized charts, tables, and visualizations.

JobsEQ has many unique data capabilities that would provide significant value to SelectUSA’s Investment Research Team. It provides over 30 analytics as granularly as zip-code level. The software provides subscribers the ability to create custom regions of interest and then quickly create dynamic reports and presentations that link current regional demographics with occupation, prior tindustry, or education-specific data. For SelectUSA’s purposes, the value-add of this tool is multifold:

1. The platform consolidates data from multiple sources, allowing for more efficient and granular research and data pulls;

2. The tool allows various data points to be queried across multiple regions, facilitating regional comparisons (providing datasets as large as every county in the country, if necessary);

3. JobsEQ provides several sets of raw data currently unavailable in SelectUSA’s existing resource portfolio (for example, data on supply chain, employment turnover, underemployment, industry productivity, military exits, skill and occupation gaps, etc.);

and

4. JobsEQ provides a series of unique and proprietary data analytics, which would allow the SelectUSA Investment Research Team to expand its client services for both investors and economic development organizations (EDOs), as well as further develop its strategic research projects.

Ultimately, a subscription to this platform will simultaneously improve SelectUSA’s ability to gather nuanced, granular data in addition to broad, big-picture analytics.

The most unique analytics tools on the platform, with the highest value-add for the SelectUSA’s ability to expand strategic research projects, are the economic impact analysis and “what if” analysis. The “what if” analysis calculates the employment and monetary impact of a firm’s entry or exit into a region. The economic impact analysis calculates the direct, indirect, and induced employment and monetary impacts of new investment in a region. Both analytics incorporate regional industry mixes, supply capacity, and economic diversity. Further, the impacts calculated in both analytics are broken down by specific sub-industries.

JobsEQ’s numerous data sets and analytics can be easily queried, combined, and extracted in the platform’s Data Query tool. This tool allows users to select multiple specific regions and data points to create custom datasets for download. It also provides exportable data visualizations for most analytics.

3.0 Place of Performance

N/A - subscription/license service.

4.0 Period of Performance

A 12-month base period of performance from date of call order with three, 12-month option periods. The total period of performance with all options exercised is 48 months.

Base Period: May 26, 2026 – May 25, 2027

Option Period I: May 26, 2027 – May 25, 2028

Option Period II: May 26, 2028 – May 25, 2029

Option Period III: May 26, 2029 – May 25, 2030