SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- PIERS Trade Profiles
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511199
— All Other Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Export - Import Bank of the United States, Office of Contracting Services, Contracting Services, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20571
- ZIP Code
- 20571
- Solicitation Number
- EXIM-10-Q-0038
- Archive Date
- 10/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Lorita Jackson, Phone: 2025653317
- E-Mail Address
-
Lorita.Jackson@exim.gov
(Lorita.Jackson@exim.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The versions of provisions and clauses incorporated herein are those in effect as of Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-43 dated 8/02/10. The Export-Import Bank of the United States intends a sole source award for subscription services to PIERS for their Trade Profiles product. The award will be for a base year valued at approximately $6,000.00, plus four consecutive twelve month options. The applicable NAICS code is 511199-All Other Publishers, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. There are no set-asides identified for this procurement. The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States' Research Library has a requirement to purchase trading activity information services from PIERS, specifically their Trade Profiles database which includes trading activity for over 300,000 importers and exporters. A Piers Trade Profiles subscription provides: very detailed information about each exporter such as geographic location, trading-partner countries, products sold, trade volume, shipment weight & value, number of employees, and sales volume. Piers is the unique provider of this information, which is collected by PIERS reporters on-site in 48 ports. They gather data directly from the manifests and bills of lading filed with U.S. Customs & Border Protection. The number of employees and sales volume is especially critical when trying to determine which exporters are in the small business category. The database allows for detailed list creation. The Library Staff use it to find the name of companies that export a specific type of product to a specific country. The ExIm Bank is aware of other competing products, however they do not include the data elements we require, (such as value of goods) or information at a company level as we require, (as opposed to data aggregated to state and national levels), or the number of companies profiled that we require. Based upon the Research Library's market research there are no other products that have the same level of detail or number of companies in their databases that ExIm Bank requires. This solicitation incorporates the FAR clauses 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Jun 2008); 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Aug 2009)); 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Mar 2009)); 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Dec 2009)); 52.217-8 (Option to Extend the Services (Nov 1999)); 52.217-9 (Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2009)); and 52.237-3 (Continuity of Services (Jan 1991)) for commercial items and services. INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS INTENT TO PROCURE SERVICES ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MS. LORITA JACKSON AT lorita.jackson@exim.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/XMBANK/OAS/CA/EXIM-10-Q-0038/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Export Import Bank of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20571, United States
- Zip Code: 20571
- Zip Code: 20571
- Record
- SN02283534-W 20100917/100916000547-40c9fe19252935c98f540cdaa03d13bc (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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