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STATEMENT OF WORK

Bureau of Labor Statistics

1. BACKGROUND

The PPI Program Office has a need to purchase aggregated current month chicken egg and seafood price data to supplement traditionally collected price data for the agriculture sector with similar data purchased from a vendor. This data would potentially be used in the calculation of PPI published indexes in the future.

2. OBJECTIVE

Purchase monthly price data from a vendor that measures current month prices for chicken eggs and seafood.

a. The current month price for chicken eggs should be a weighted average price for the following six regions of the United States:

i. Northeast (ME, MA, NH, VT, RI, CT, NY, PA, MD, DE, NJ)

ii. Midwest (ND, SD, NE, IA, IL, MN, WI, IN, OH, KY, WV, MI)

iii. Southeast (VA, NC, GA, FL, TN, AL, GA, MS)

iv. South Central (MO, AR, LA, TX, OK, KS, CO, NM, AZ, UT)

v. Northwest (WA, OR, WY, MT, ID)

vi. California

b. For each region above, each weighted average price should be broken out by the following sizes or uses

i. Jumbo

ii. Extra large

iii. Large

iv. Medium

v. Small

vi. Breaker stock

c. The weighted average price should be calculated using prices from egg processors for chicken eggs sold and delivered to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, exporters, importers, traders, and brokers and should be weighted based on the volume of the transaction

d. The weighted average price should be reported as $/dozen eggs and calculated over the first fourteen days of the month

e. The current month price for tuna should be a weighted average by volume of all wholesale transactions covering all United States domestic channels. The weighted average price should be reported as $/pound on a less-than-truckload basis and calculated over the first fourteen days of the month

f. The current month price for shrimp should be a weighted average by volume of all wholesale transactions covering United States caught (primarily in the Gulf of Mexico) shrimp sold through domestic channels. The weighted average price should be reported as $/pound on a less-than-truckload, headless, shell on (HSLO) basis and calculated over the first fourteen days of the month

g. The current month price for crabs should be a weighted average by volume of all wholesale transactions covering all United States domestic channels. The weighted average price should be reported as $/pound on a less-than-truckload basis and calculated over the first fourteen days of the month

h. The current month price for lobster should be a weighted average by volume of all wholesale transactions covering all United States domestic channels for live lobster. The weighted average price should be reported as $/pound on a less-than-truckload basis and calculated over the first fourteen days of the month

i. The current month price for clams, oysters, sea scallops, mussels should be a weighted average by volume of all wholesale transactions covering all United States domestic channels. The weighted average price should be reported as $/count or $/pound on a less-than-truckload basis and calculated over the first fourteen days of the month

3. SCOPE

The dataset delivered each month should cover the current month price of the following commodities calculated as defined in Section 2:

• Chicken eggs, jumbo

• Chicken eggs, extra large

• Chicken eggs, large

• Chicken eggs, medium

• Chicken eggs, small

• Chicken eggs, breaker stock

• Tuna

• Shrimp

• Crabs

• Lobsters

• Clams

• Oysters

• Sea scallops

• Mussels

4. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS

The selected vendor shall not use the Bureau of Labor Statistics name in connection with any collection of data that is being purchased under this contract. The data being purchased shall be commercially available and not collected exclusively on behalf of the BLS. The vendor will not have access to BLS data.

5. DATA REQUIREMENTS

The vendor will provide current weighted aggregated month price for the specific commodities listed in section 3. The data is to be delivered in Microsoft Excel format.

6. DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Data is expected to be received on the 15th of each month, encompassing the first 14 days of the current month and the entire previous month. If the 15th falls on a weekend day, the data is due the following Monday. The data is to be delivered in a Microsoft Excel format.

The first deliverable is due on 10/15/24. The final deliverable for the base year is due on 09/15/25. The base year and option year will consist of 12 data deliverables.

7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The Period of Performance is as follows:

Base Year - Period of Performance: 09/16/2024 to 09/15/2025 Option period #1 - Period of Performance: 09/16/2025 to 09/15/2026