SAM_RFQ_JEFO_IMPLAN_1.pdf

This requirement is issued to the DOI Sole Source: IMPLAN GROUP, LLC.

DOI: IMPLAN subscription license

Document Version: 08/04/2026.

1. Instructions

This is an open market acquisition pursuant to FAR 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. IMPLAN Group LLC is the exclusive developer, manufacturer, and sole distributor of the IMPLAN U.S. databases, IMPLAN formatted OECD data and the IMPLAN economic modeling software. There are no agents or dealers authorized to represent this product in the U.S. or in any other country. The copyright for the IMPLAN software and databases is held by IMPLAN Group LLC. The existence of limited data rights, patent rights, copyrights, or secret processes that make the supplies or services available from only one source.

The Contractor is asked to provide the unit and total price as indicated in the table below. The pricing will be for a 12-month period.

CLIN PRODUCT-ITEM

DESCRIPTION

QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

00010 Additional Authorized User- National Package-5 pack additional users

3 EA

00020 USA National Package-12-month renewal -5 users

1 EA

TOTAL

AMOUNT

Please submit responses by 2:30 pm., EST, August 10, 2026, via email to beverly_johnson@ios.doi.gov.

2. Delivery Order Scope

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Operations Center (NOC), Branch of Technical Operations request the DOI Office of Acquisition/Property Management, Acquisitions Division (PAM) requests the National Operations Center (NOC), Branch of National Acquisitions, Division of Business Services, to contract on a limited or sole source basis for software (IMPLAN) that is produced by the Implan Group LLC.

Period of Performance: 10/01/2026 - 09/30/2027.

Statement of Work

DOI economists require economic input/output model and data for ongoing and required economic impact and contribution analyses. We reviewed other available I-O modeling platforms (RIMS II, REMI, and IO- Snap), none of which satisfy DOI’s requirements for methodological transparency, geographic granularity, and consistency with past estimates.

Requirement Model that meets this requirement

IO-Snap RIMS

II

REMI IMPLAN

Only IMPLAN provides SAM-based I-O modeling with county-level detail for all U.S. counties, built-in trade flow modeling, and embedded environmental satellite data. RIMS II lacks sub-state resolution and trade flows. REMI employs a dynamic CGE framework unsuitable for retrospective or fixed-point impact studies. IO-Snap is not a full I-O modeling platform and does not support induced effect modeling.

x Available but prohibitively expensive x

DOI economic impact methods utilize a wide range of economic sectors and require detailed, region specific information on value added and inter-regional trade flows.

x x

DOI requires data continuity. It has been documented that different economic impact model packages will generate significantly different results (e.g., Lynch, “Analyzing the Economic Impact of Transportation Projects using RIMS II, IMPLAN, and REMI,” 2000). Therefore, the use of other model will produce results that are inconsistent with those produced by the U.S. Geological Survey in the past and with the results incorporated by the DOI, the NPS, and the BLM in their annual economic reports (cited above).

x

The IMPLAN I/O model and data system is the only available model that enables economic impact analyses at the county level and meets required technical specifications. Market research indicates no other model can provide data that meets the technical requirements. Additionally, no other vendor can provide the data continuity described above. IMPLAN LLC is the only supplier of the IMPLAN model and data, there are no other vendors capable of meeting this need.

Technical justification summary:

• IMPLAN is the only model that meets DOI’s needs for static economic impact and contribution analysis.

• IMPLAN is the only vendor offering >500 industry sectors with county-level resolution and full MRIO capacity.

• Alternative models are either too aggregated (REMI), lack key features (RIMS II), or are not comprehensive (IO-Snap).

• IMPLAN’s established use by all DOI bureaus ensures continuity, auditability, and credibility

3. Contract Type

Firm Fixed Price

4. Administration

The contracting officer is the only government official who is authorized to enter into any delivery order and modify the order.

Government POCs:

Beverly Johnson Contract Specialist Phone: 561-943-9028; Email: beverly_johnson@ios.doi.gov

Anthony Angelo Contracting Officer Phone: 256-791-1772; Email: anthony_angelo@ios.doi.gov

Jennifer Schein Dobb Government Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) Email: jscheindobb@blm.gov

5. Delivery Schedule / Period of Performance

DOI-BLM-Bureau of Land Management Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 85, DENVER CO 80225-0047 US

6. Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)/ Government Furnished Information (GFI)

N/A

7. Packaging, Packing, and Shipping Instructions

The contractor shall ensure that all items are preserved, packaged and marked in accordance with best commercial practices to meet the packing requirements of the carrier and to ensure safe and timely delivery at the intended destination.

8. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria

Inspection and acceptance shall take place at a government location by the government.

9. Accounting and Appropriation Data

Funds are available for award. Any accounting and appropriation data shall be displayed on the award form.

mailto:beverly_johnson@ios.doi.gov mailto:anthony_angelo@ios.doi.gov mailto:jscheindobb@blm.gov

10. Additional Terms and Conditions

NOTICE

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications— Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Agencies will not consider or use these representations.

Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

CONTRACT CLAUSES

DOI AAAP-0050 V3 - Notice to Contractors, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (December 2015)

1) FAR 42.1502 directs all Federal agencies to collect past performance information on contracts.

The Department of the Interior (DOI) has implemented the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) to comply with this regulation. One or more past performance evaluations will be conducted in order to record your contract performance as required by FAR 42.15.

2) The past performance evaluation process is a totally paperless process using CPARS. CPARS is a web-based system that allows for electronic processing of the performance evaluation report. Once the report is processed, it is available in CPARS for Government use in evaluating past performance as part of a source selection action.

3) We request that you furnish the Contracting Officer (CO) with the name, position title, phone number, and email address for each person designated to have access to your firm's past performance evaluation(s) for the contract no later than 30 days after award. Each person granted access will have the ability to provide comments in the Contractor portion of the report and state whether or not the Contractor agrees with the evaluation, before returning the report to the Assessing Official (AO). Information in the report must be protected as source selection sensitive information not releasable to the public.

4) When your Contractor Representative(s) are registered in CPARS, they will receive an automatically generated email with detailed login instructions. Further details, systems requirements, and training information for CPARS is available at https://www.cpars.gov/.

5) Within 60 days after the end of a performance period, the AO will complete an interim or final past performance evaluation, and the report will be accessible at https://www.cpars.gov/.

a) Contractor Representatives may then provide comments in response to the evaluation, or return the evaluation without comment.

b) Your comments should focus on objective facts in the AO's narrative and should provide your views on the causes and ramifications of the assessed performance.

c) All information provided should be reviewed for accuracy prior to submission.

d) If you elect not to provide comments, please acknowledge receipt of the evaluation by indicating "No comment" in the space provided, and then selecting “Accept the Ratings and Close the Evaluation”.

e) Your response is due within 60 calendar days after receipt of the CPAR. On day 15, the evaluation will become available in CPARS marked as “Pending” with or without comments and whether or not it has been closed.

f) If you do not sign and submit the CPAR within 60 days, it will automatically be returned to the Government and will be annotated: "The report was delivered/received by the contractor on (date). The contractor neither signed nor offered comment in response to this assessment."

6) The following guidelines apply concerning your use of the past performance evaluation:

a) Protect the evaluation as source selection information. After review, transmit the evaluation by completing and submitting the form through CPARS. If for some reason you are unable to view and/or submit the form through CPARS, contact the CO for instructions.

b) Strictly control access to the evaluation within your organization. Ensure the evaluation is never released to persons or entities outside of your control.

c) Prohibit the use of or reference to evaluation data for advertising, promotional material, pre-award surveys, responsibility determinations, production readiness reviews, or other similar purposes.

7) If you wish to discuss a past performance evaluation, you should request a meeting in writing to the CO no later than seven days following your receipt of the evaluation. The meeting will be held in person or via telephone or other means during your 60-day review period.

8) A copy of the completed past performance evaluation will be available in CPARS for your viewing and for Government use supporting source selection actions after it has been finalized.

DIAR 1452.201-70 Authorities and delegations (SEP 2011)

(a) The Contracting Officer is the only individual authorized to enter into or terminate this contract, modify any term or condition of this contract, waive any requirement of this contract, or accept nonconforming work. 5

(b) The Contracting Officer will designate a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) at time of award.

The COR will be responsible for technical monitoring of the contractor's performance and deliveries. The COR will be appointed in writing, and a copy of the appointment will be furnished to the Contractor.

Changes to this delegation will be made by written changes to the existing appointment or by issuance of a new appointment.

(c) The COR is not authorized to perform, formally or informally, any of the following actions:

(1) Promise, award, agree to award, or execute any contract, contract modification, or notice of intent that changes or may change this contract;

(2) Waive or agree to modification of the delivery schedule;

(3) Make any final decision on any contract matter subject to the Disputes Clause;

(4) Terminate, for any reason, the Contractor's right to proceed;

(5) Obligate in any way, the payment of money by the Government.

(d) The Contractor shall comply with the written or oral direction of the Contracting Officer or authorized representative(s) acting within the scope and authority of the appointment memorandum. The Contractor need not proceed with direction that it considers to have been issued without proper authority. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing, with as much detail as possible, when the COR has taken an action or has issued direction (written or oral) that the Contractor considers to exceed the COR's appointment, within 3 days of the occurrence. Unless otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor assumes all costs, risks, liabilities, and consequences of performing any work it is directed to perform that falls within any of the categories defined in paragraph (c) prior to receipt of the Contracting Officer's response issued under paragraph (e) of this clause.

(e) The Contracting Officer shall respond in writing within 30 days to any notice made under paragraph

(d) of this clause. A failure of the parties to agree upon the nature of a direction, or upon the contract action to be taken with respect thereto, shall be subject to the provisions of the Disputes clause of this contract.

(f) The Contractor shall provide copies of all correspondence to the Contracting Officer and the COR.

(g) Any action(s) taken by the Contractor, in response to any direction given by any person acting on behalf of the Government or any Government official other than the Contracting Officer or the COR acting within his or her appointment, shall be at the Contractor's risk.

DOI-AAAP-0028 - Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (February 2021)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212- 4Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: Contractors internal invoice.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBSTL) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email.

IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

FAR 52.212-4 Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(RFODEVIATION MAR 2026).

FAR 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (RFO

DEVIATIONMAR 2026).

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023).

FAR 52.233-3 Protest after Award (Aug 1996).

FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004).

https://www.ipp.gov./

---Addendum to 52.212-4--

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): Federal Acquisition Regulation:

https://www.acquisition.gov/farDepartment of the Interior Acquisition Regulation:

https://www.acquisition.gov/diar

(End of clause)

--- End of Addendum to 52.212-4---

FAR 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (Nov 2023).

FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations (RFO

DEVIATIONMAY 2026).

FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (RFO DEVIATION JAN 2026)(15 U.S.C. 644).

FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (RFO DEVIATION MAY 2026).

FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (RFO DEVIATION MAY 2026) (22 U.S.C. chapter78 and E.O. 13627)

FAR 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (RFO DEVIATION MAY 2026).

FAR 52.222-90, Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (RFO DEVIATION MAY2026).

FAR 52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 3805).

[X]FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (OCT2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

FAR 52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications

FAR 52.240-91 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions (RFO DEVIATION MAR 2026).

[End of clauses]

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

FAR 52.201-1 Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey (Sep 2023)

(a)All actual and potential offerors are encouraged to provide feedback on the preaward and debriefing processes, as applicable. Feedback may be provided to agencies up to 45 days after award. The feedback is anonymous, unless the participant self-identifies in the survey. Actual and potential offerors can participate in the survey by selecting the following link: https://www.acquisition.gov/360.

(b)The Contracting Officer will not review the information provided until after contract award and will not consider it in the award decision. The survey is voluntary and does not convey any protections, rights, or grounds for protest. It creates a way for actual and potential offerors to provide the Government constructive feedback about the preaward and debriefing processes, as applicable, used for a specific acquisition.

FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (May 2026)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Administrative proceeding means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings). This includes administrative proceedings at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. It does not include agency actions such as contract audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.

Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000 means—

(1) The total value of all current, active contracts and grants, including all priced options; and

(2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules).

Principal means an officer, director, owner, partner, or a person having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager; plant manager; head of a division or business segment; and similar positions).

(b) The offeror □ has □ does not have current active Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000.

(c) If the offeror checked "has" in paragraph (b) of this provision, the offeror represents, by submission of this offer, that the information it has entered in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) is current, accurate, and complete as of the date of submission of this offer with regard to the following information:

(1) Whether the offeror, and/or any of its principals, has or has not, within the last five years, in connection with the award to or performance by the offeror of a Federal contract or grant, been the subject of a proceeding, at the Federal or State level that resulted in any of the following dispositions:

(i) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction.

(ii) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more.

(iii) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in–

(A) The payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more; or

(B) The payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000.

(iv) In a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, a disposition of the matter by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault by the Contractor if the proceeding could have led to any of the outcomes specified in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), or (c)(1)(iii) of this provision.

(2) If the offeror has been involved in the last five years in any of the occurrences listed in (c)(1) of this provision, whether the offeror has provided the requested information with regard to each occurrence.

(d) The offeror shall post the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (c)(1)(iv) of this provision in FAPIIS as required through maintaining an active registration in the System for Award Management, which can be accessed via https://www.sam.gov (see 52.204-7).

(End of provision)

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

FAR 52.203-11 Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (Sep 2024).

FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations (RFO DEVIATION MAY 2026).

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FAR 52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (RFO DEVIATION MAR 2026).

FAR 52.252-11, SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effectas if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available.

The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

Federal Acquisition Regulation: https://www.acquisition.gov/far Department of the Interior Acquisition Regulation: https://www.acquisition.gov/diar

---End of Addendum to 52.212-1---

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (RFO DEVIATION

MAR2026).

https://www.acquisition.gov/far

(a) Evaluation factors. 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 will be used to evaluate offers:

Price

(b) Options (if applicable). 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. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) Notice of award. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer furnished to the successful Offerorwithin 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.

DIAR 1452.280-4 - Indian economic enterprise representation (FEBRUARY 2021)

(a) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [ ] does [ ] does not meet the definition of Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) as defined in DIAR 1480.201 and that it intends to meet the definition of an IEE throughout the performance of the contract. The offeror must notify the contracting officer immediately in writing if there is any ownership change affecting compliance with this representation.

(b) Any false or misleading information submitted by an enterprise when submitting an offer in consideration for an award set aside under the Buy Indian Act is a violation of the law punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001. False claims submitted as part of contract performance are subject to the penalties enumerated in 31 U.S.C. 3729 to 3731 and 18 U.S.C. 287.

[End of Provisions]

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

https://www.blm.gov

BRAND NAME JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR ACQUISITIONS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

IMPLAN SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL

This document sets forth the justification and approval required by 6.103-1.

1. Contracting agency and activity.

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Headquarters Office, National Operation Center, Colorado State Office, New Mexico State Office, Utah State Office, and Wyoming State Office, requests the Branch of Acquisitions, to contract on a sole source basis.

2. Nature and/or description of action being approved.

This Brand-Name justification supports the sole-source renewal of twenty (20) IMPLAN user licenses for a one-year period beginning on 09/30/2026. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is serving as the coordinating bureau for a consolidated Department of the Interior (DOI) purchase of IMPLAN licenses for FY 2027. Under this consolidated acquisition, BLM will fund and utilize six (6) user licenses for its own staff, while the remaining fourteen (14) user licenses will be funded by participating in DOI bureaus and offices through interagency agreements or other reimbursable funding mechanisms. BLM will manage the procurement on behalf of the participating organizations to establish a Department-wide licensing arrangement and realize the cost savings associated with consolidating requirements across multiple bureaus and offices.

The six licenses used by BLM will expire on 09/30/2026 if not renewed. IMPLAN is an industry-standard economic modeling software used by economists and analysts across DOI to analyze the economic impacts of land management decisions, resource extraction, recreation, conservation programs, and other policy actions. For BLM, these licenses support the preparation of regional economic impact analyses required for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, Resource Management Plans (RMPs), environmental reviews, and other statutory and regulatory obligations.

While the most recent license purchases were made separately by individual bureaus and offices, DOI has successfully used consolidated IMPLAN procurements in prior years. Those earlier Department-wide acquisitions demonstrated the administrative and cost efficiencies that can be achieved by aggregating requirements under a single procurement. Renewing the licenses through a consolidated purchase for FY 2027 will ensure uninterrupted access to IMPLAN for participating DOI organizations, support consistent economic analysis methodologies across the Department, reduce administrative burden, and provide a more cost-effective solution than separate bureau-level acquisitions.

Brand-Name Justification – BLM IMPLAN SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL 2026

7. Other information.

BLM has previously purchased IMPLAN user licenses for BLM staff through Interagency Agreements with USGS and DOI Office of Policy Analysis who coordinated a larger purchase of licenses across the Department. By consolidating requirements and purchasing licenses collectively, DOI has been able to achieve significant cost savings compared to individual bureau procurements, while also promoting consistency in access to economic analysis tools and data across the Department. For FY 2026, BLM will assume responsibility for coordinating the consolidated IMPLAN license purchase on behalf of participating DOI bureaus and offices. This centralized approach will allow DOI organizations to continue realizing the cost efficiencies associated with bulk purchasing, reduce administrative burden through a single acquisition process, and ensure uninterrupted access to IMPLAN resources for users throughout the Department.

Only IMPLAN Group can issue or renew licenses, provide updates to regional economic data, and offer the required technical support. No other vendor is authorized to distribute or support the use of the IMPLAN platform. The closest commercially available input/output model comparable with IMPLAN is REMI though IMPLAN is the only model that meets the required technical specifications.

IMPLAN is an economic input-output model that generates estimates of economic impact at a static point in time, and it is commonly used in the regional science literature on economic impact analysis. REMI is a computable general equilibrium model that allows for generating forecasts, which does not meet DOI needs particular to this contract.

The IMPLAN model contains 528 economic sectors, whereas the REMI model contains only 53 sectors. BLM activities may impact a diverse group of economic entities in an economic contribution/impact analysis. A large set of industry sectors generally allows for more specificity in input-output modeling, resulting in a more unambiguous characterization of the sectors.

The two models also produce different impacts. IMPLAN generates economic impacts in terms of

(i) output, (ii) income, (iii) value added, (iv) jobs supported, among others, all of which are used by DOI economic analyses. REMI generates economic impacts in terms of (i) output, (ii) labor and capital demand, (iii) population and labor supply, (iv) wages and prices, and (v) market shares. They are fundamentally different models, and BLM’s needs are aligned with the impacts and results generated by the IMPLAN model.

Economic literature has shown that systematic comparisons between the IMPLAN and REMI models have yielded very different results. Switching to the REMI model would be disruptive to the preparation of BLM’s Economic Contributions Reports and other analyses.

Ease of Use - While both IMPLAN and REMI are respected economic modeling tools, IMPLAN is generally more user-friendly and allows users to define custom geographic regions on demand, such as counties, multi-county areas, or other user-specified boundaries. In contrast, REMI models are pre-built for specific geographies and must be custom-configured in advance by REMI staff for a cost, which limits flexibility and responsiveness. REMI's models might require more technical expertise and additional resources to train staff and obtain numerous models so BLM users can conduct analyses at different geographic scales.

BLM has been using the IMPLAN model to estimate economic impacts of BLM’s activities for more than 15 years. Switching to any new model would not allow for comparisons across time given the differences between the type of results produced by both software.

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