Infrascope Services
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 95332421P0001
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 95332421P0001 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Place of performance
- New York NY 10017 USA
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Limited / Sole Source Justification Notice from the Millennium Challenge Corporation awards a contract to The Economist Intelligence Unit to conduct benchmarking assessments of enabling environments and government capacity for public-private partnerships in Mozambique and Kenya using their proprietary Infrascope methodology. The Corporation requires these assessments to increase its public profile in the public-private partnership space and obtain country-level insights into partner countries' environments. The single award ceiling amount is $250,000 for assessments to be completed under a purchase order containing firm fixed prices valid for the period of performance, deemed fair and reasonable based on the vendor's standard pricing as the sole provider of this proprietary analysis.
Notice text
MCC requires support from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to conduct a benchmarking assessment of the enabling environment for and government capacity to conduct public-private partnerships (PPPs) called “Infrascope” assessment (http://infrascope.eiu.com/) in two (2) MCC partner countries Mozambique and Kenya and in additional MCC newly eligible countries or provide updates to completed assessment. In FY18when MCC commissioned 12 countries for Infrascope and in FY17 MCC commissioned 8 countries. Of which both were sole-sourced. The Infrascope assessment would be done according to the EIU’s proprietary analytical methodology and benchmarking process. The objectivesof the requirement are as follows: (1) expand the universe of countries covered in the benchmark to make the benchmark more robust as a global public good and knowledge product; (2) increase MCC’s public profile in the PPP space by being able to place its logo on the Infrascope assessment along with the words “commissioned by MCC”, thus allowing MCC to cobrand the Infrascope assessment along with other multilateral development banks as noted further below; and (3) obtain country-level insights into the PPP enabling environment in MCC partners countries.
Pricing under the Purchase Order has a ceiling amount of $250,000.00. The Purchase Order contains firm fixed prices for the period of performance and are EIUs standard pricing. Therefore, the fixed prices are deemed to be fair and reasonable.
The Economist Intelligence Unit, NA, Incorporated is currently in SAM with an “Active” status and no exclusions; their DUNS # 001317023 Based on these factors, The Economist Intelligence Unit, NA, Incorporated is determined to be a responsible contractor.
Awarded contract 95332421P0001 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2020-12-28.
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