MTED Crops Branch Data Requirement
Closed Special Notice Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 1137213
- Agency
- Agricultural Research Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20024, United States
- Points of contact
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- Julia Lackey julia.lackey@usda.gov (202) 619-8577
- Jacob Toft jacob.toft@usda.gov (202) 619-8538
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS) has issued a Special Notice for a sole source procurement of data services from FastMarkets Global Limited (FGL). ERS intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order to FGL to provide daily spot price assessments, forward curve data, tender data, and export data for various agricultural commodities including wheat, corn, soybeans, soybean meal, sunseeds, barley, and rapeseed.
The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a comprehensive set of global agriculture market data to support ERS's economic research and policy services. The anticipated award date is September 1, 2024, with a base year of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, and two one-year option periods. ERS has determined that FGL is the only vendor capable of providing the required scope of data at a comparable cost, and is inviting other vendors who believe they can meet the requirements to submit substantiating documentation by August 28, 2024. This notice is for informational purposes only and not a request for quotes.
Notice text
Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Requisition: 1137213 Data requirements for Grains and Oil, Fats and Biofuels
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), intents to award on a sole source basis a Firm Fixed Price purchase order to FastMarkets Global Limited (FGL).
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services with a Size Standard of $40 million.
FastMarkets Global Limited (FGL) provides daily spot price assessments of Soybean Meal, Sunseeds, Barley, Rape seed, Rape Meal; it is the only agency producing daily forward curve assessments of the wheat, corn and soybean markets. This information is required to cover global agriculture markets and be a part of a complete tender database with a dashboard interface for searching and downloading the data. FGL has a complete tender database and a dashboard interface for searching and downloading the data. They also have an exports database and dashboard which can be very useful. No comparable competitor offers as comprehensive a set of information as FastMarkets Global Limited with the same scope of information at a comparable cost.
It is noted that the robust dataset for tender data by FGL is not exhibited by other vendors. For example, searching for global wheat data, a few vendors do provide such data, but they do not also provide corn, soybean, barley. Various combinations of these data items return the same unsatisfactory outcome.
Period of Performance:
Base Year: 09/01/2024-08/31/2025
Option Year 1: 09/01/2025-08/31/2026
Option Year 2: 09/01/2026-08/31/2027
Requirement Description:
See Statement of Work
Anticipated Date of Award: 09/01/2024
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Vendors that believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sole Source Justification_REQ 1137213_20 Aug 2024_Redacted.pdf | ||
| Updated Statement of Work 2024 08 12.pdf | ||
| Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requisition 1137213 2024 08 21.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| MTED Crops Branch Data Requirement | Award Notice | |
| MTED Crops Branch Data Requirement | Special Notice | |
| MTED Crops Branch Data Requirement | Pre-Solicitation |
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