Expana’s Urner Barry Seafood Market Research Data and Foreign Trade Data

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Solicitation number
143011-25-0130
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
513210 Software Publishers
Place of performance
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to award a sole source contract to Urner Barry Publications, Inc. (Expana) for a subscription to their Urner Barry Seafood Market Research Data and Foreign Trade Data platforms. The procurement is specifically for twenty user licenses each to both data services, which will support NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement in tracking seafood markets for undervalued, black market, and illegal shipments. NOAA has determined that Expana is the exclusive source for comprehensive online seafood market analysis and foreign trade data, offering extensive searchable databases with over 1,000 commodities across 23 categories and analysis of 5,000+ data points for food shipments entering the United States. Interested vendors must submit capability statements by August 13, 2025, at 1100 Pacific Time, including their UEI number, technical data, cost information, and convincing evidence of their ability to meet the requirement. Submissions must be sent via email to both the Contract Specialist Madison Vogeler and Contracting Officer Jenna Taulman, with attachments not exceeding 20 MB total.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and will be conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures in FAR Part 13 and Commercial procedures in FAR Part 12. Urner Barry Publications, Inc. (Expana) is identified as the intended sole source contractor with UEI number GP6ZH74469T8, serving as both the incumbent and leading seafood industry market intelligence platform. The contract period spans from September 20, 2025, through September 19, 2030, consisting of a base period plus four option years for a total of five years. The subscription services will provide the Office of Law Enforcement with access to wholesale market prices, historical seafood quotations, customizable analytic tools, and detailed shipment information including commodity names, importer/exporter data, shipment volumes, origin countries, US ports of entry, and arrival dates. While specific contract values are not disclosed in the notice, the procurement involves a firm fixed price structure for the dual subscription services covering forty total user licenses across both platforms.

Notice text

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE/SOLE SOURCE

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to award a single source, firm fixed price contract as authorized by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to Urner Barry Publications, Inc. (i.e. Expana) (UEI: GP6ZH74469T8) for the purchase of a subscription for twenty (20) user licenses each to Expana’s Urner Barry Seafood Market Research Data and Foreign Trade Data.See attached SON for further details.

The Government intends to procure this sole source requirement under Simplified Acquisition Procedures in FAR part 13 and Commercial procedures in FAR part 12. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes:

  • The vendor’s UEI number,
  • Technical data and cost information,
  • Sufficient detail, and
  • Convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to meet the requirement.

Capability statements are due no later than Wednesday, 13 August 2025, by 1100 Pacific Time. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “143011-25-0130 – Online Seafood Market Data Subscription”. To ensure your response along with any and all attachments are received, attachment(s) must be less than 20 MB [in total]. It is the responsibility of the offeror to contact the government to confirm receipt prior to the offer due date and time. Capability statements shall be submitted by email ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to both of the following POC(s):

  • Contract Specialist, Madison Vogeler at madison.vogeler@noaa.gov
  • Contracting Officer, Jenna Taulman at jenna.taulman@noaa.gov

To ensure your response along with any and all attachments are received, attachment(s) must be less than 20 MB [in total]. It is the responsibility of the offeror to contact the government to confirm receipt prior to the offer due date and time.

A response missing any of the information listed above will not be considered as an affirmative response. A request for documentation or additional information, or submissions that only ask questions, will not be considered as an affirmative response. If no affirmative written responses are received by the due date, a sole source award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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Urner Barry (Expana) Online Seafood Market and Onl Award Award Notice
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