Category Management Industry Research

Added: May 31, 2018 3:44 pm INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

Category Management Industry Research

The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH intends to award a sole source contract to ProcurementIQ located at 11755 Wilshire Blvd., Flr. 11, Los Angeles, CA 90025 for the purchase of ProcurmentIQ Procurement Industry Reports Subscription. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 519130 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

Description of the Requirement:

IBISWorld's ProcurementIQ reports provide a unique approach to market research by bringing together businesses, educational institutions and government organizations to provide on-demand research services. These activities include focused benchmark prices, sharing of best practices across industries, access to Procurement Insider, receipt of focused studies into particular commodities, participation in the research process, and on-demand research services. These activities are beyond the scope of the CMs and the AFICA acquisition workforce.  Additionally, the IBISWorld ProcurementIQ reports provide industry data for the majority of categories that are supported by the AFICA Business Intelligence Competency Cell (BICC) which, in turn, is supporting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Government-wide Category Management initiative. All other identified Market Research vendors could only provide reports for a limited number of categories and none of the vendors contacted could provide benchmark data; therefore, no other vendor can offer a product that meets the customer's needs (market research results are documented separately in the IBISWorld ProcurementIQ Market Research report dated May 2018).

IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. This is not a request for quotes and no solicitation is available.
2. A determination not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received in response to this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
3. Respondents are discouraged from submitting any information deemed competition-sensitive or proprietary.
4. Respondents will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred in responding to this intent to sole source (ISS). Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents.
5. Oral submissions of information will not be considered in response to this ISS.
This sole source procurement is under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This will be a firm-fixed price contract for a base period of performance of 30 Jun 2018 to 29 Jun 2019 with two (2) one-year option periods.

To assist the Government in determining if this acquisition is available for competition, please provide the following information:
1. GENERAL INFORMATION: Company's full name, business size, address, point of contact and telephone number
2. CAPABILITIES: Please address the following regarding your capabilities in meeting the requirement described above.
   a. Is your company capable of meeting the entire requirement?
   b. If your response to question 2a. above is "Yes", please provide supporting documentation that clearly demonstrates your company's ability to meet this requirement.
   c. Please provide any additional information that the Government should consider in determining if this requirement should be considered for competition.
3. If there are any other businesses that can provide the specified services described above, you must respond to this notice before 10 June 2018, 4:00 pm EST. If no responses are received by the above referenced time, a sole source contract may be awarded to ProcurementIQ. Responses must be submitted to the points of contact indicated below.

Frank Batz (Contract Specialist),
Email: frank.batz@us.af.mil
Phone: (937) 257-1519

Ms. JoAnn Parks (Contracting Officer),
Email: joann.parks@us.af.mil
Phone: (312) 787-5791