Sources Sought - Output and Trade Data.pdf

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SOURCES SOUGHT

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)

Output and Goods Trade Data Specifications and Questions

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND

SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES

IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION

TO AWARD A CONTRACT, TASK ORDER, OR OTHERWISE AS A RESULT OF THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE PREPARATION OF

RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY

RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. THE

INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THIS SOURCES SOUGHT WILL BE USED BY NSF TO

FACILITATE DECISION MAKING AND WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE THE

GOVERNMENT.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense..." NSF is conducting market research to identify qualified, experienced, and interested sources to support the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES).

The NSF encourages all qualified businesses (large and small), including joint ventures, to respond to this Sources Sought. Additionally, small businesses in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service‐Disabled Veteran‐Owned, Women‐Owned Small Business concerns) are encouraged to respond to help make a final small business set‐aside determination, if any.

The anticipated 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541990‐ All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, which has a size standard of $19.5 million.

Please see the attached Specifications to provide a capability statement that adheres to the requested information below.

Interested and qualified vendors should submit a response to this Sources Sought.

Please follow the instructions and include all content requirements below:

a. Instructions:

1. Responses should be concise and compliant with the content requirements.

2. Responses must not exceed 5 pages.

3. Responses should be provided in 12‐point font with a Times Roman font type.

4. Generic sales brochures, videos, and other marketing information materials will not be reviewed.

5. Do not submit cost or price information with the response.

6. Provide relevant, applicable references, including references performed under a joint venture, of previous work or solution implementations that relate to the NSF’s requirement.

b. Content:

1. Cover Page with Corporate Information as follows: Corporate Information:

i. Company name and address

ii. Name of company representative, business title and email

iii. Small business socioeconomic status under NAICS 541990

iv. UEI Number

v. Applicable contract vehicles your company has (e.g., Federal

Supply Schedules (FSS), Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts) available for use by NSF

2. Demonstration of Your Capability by answering the following questions:

Value added production data:

• What experience do you have in providing tabulations of annual nominal and real value-added output for all industries (including knowledge and technology intensive [KTI] industries) using the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) Revision 4 for the US and internationally (at least 75 countries)?

o Data needs to include regional sub-totals and requested ratios by country/region for 2002 to 2026.

• What experience do you have in calculating nominal and real value-added output for ISIC Revision 4 industries J582 (Software publishing) and C325 (Medical and dental instruments and supplies) for country/regions?

Goods Trade data:

• What experience do you have providing tabulations of annual goods (merchandise) exports and imports for all ISIC Revision 4 industries (including but not limited to KTI industries) and requested sub-totals to reflect global trade data for at least 75 countries including the United States for 2002 to 2026?

o No trade product details are needed in the requested tabulations. However, methodology should indicate the harmonized system (HS) product codes that were mapped to each ISIC Revision 4 industry.

• What experience do you have in providing tabulations (for value added production and international trade) formatted both with countries in rows and industries in columns, and separately with industries/countries in rows and all years in columns.

If your firm has the potential capability to perform these contract services, please respond to this RFI with your submission by 07/15/2026.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged. Any questions related to the preparation of a response to this Sources Sought shall be submitted in writing to the point of contact listed below.

NSF may contact respondents to this Sources Sought for additional information or one‐on‐one due diligence sessions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above‐listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought by 07/15/2026 at 12:00PM ET. All responses under this Sources Sought must be emailed to Derek Bowks, dbowks@nsf.gov .

mailto:dbowks@nsf.gov