Alcohol Sales Data Analysis

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS) on behalf of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is requesting services from interested parties in the collection of data relating to alcoholic beverages as stated in the attached description of services to be performed. The information contained herein is not intended to be exhaustive. Interested parties are required to make their own inquiries in writing. Respondents must not rely solely on the information provided in this Request for Information (RFI) document in submitting their response. TTB and FS reserve the right not to proceed with the initiative as well as the right not to discuss the initiative further with any Respondent. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing the requested services. BACKGROUND The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's (TTB) mission to protect the public includes ensuring that labels on alcohol beverage products contain adequate descriptive information and are not likely to mislead consumers. Established in 2008, the Alcohol Beverage Sampling Program (ABSP) is a random survey of alcohol beverage products in the marketplace that TTB uses to evaluate its success in meeting this mission and to determine where compliance issues exist. Each year TTB conducts the ABSP by purchasing alcohol beverage products (wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages) from the marketplace and bringing them to its offices for label assessments to determine if products are in compliance with labeling regulations. Following the label assessments, TTB sends the products to its laboratories to undergo a series of analyses to determine compliance with certain information displayed on the product labels. Using the results of the ABSP, TTB addresses compliance problems by notifying the industry member about the violation and working with them to bring the product into compliance. If there are repeated or more serious violations, TTB coordinates other enforcement actions that may include investigations or coordination with other federal agencies. Additionally, TTB uses the results to help inform and develop specific courses of action for future policy development, such as updating regulations, issuing guidance documents, and developing educational outreach programs. Products included in the ABSP are randomly chosen by TTB statisticians from a list of alcohol beverage products sold in the United States. To enable the ABSP results to accurately reflect the compliance trends of alcohol beverage products sold in the U.S., TTB seeks to identify contractors that can provide a complete list of all alcohol beverage products sold for off-premise consumption in the U.S. within a designated one year time period. For the purpose of this document, TTB uses the term "off-premise" to mean the retail sale of sealed containers of alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere than the premises where the beverages are purchased. This includes, but is not limited to: grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, big-box retailers, mass-market stores, wineries, club stores, and on-line retailers. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED The contractor will be asked to produce a comprehensive list of alcohol beverage products sold for off-premise consumption. The list shall: - Include wine, malt beverages, and distilled spirits; - Include both imported and domestic products; - Include data only from alcohol beverage products sold in the U.S. during the 12 months immediately preceding the reporting date; and - Be delivered to TTB in the form of an Excel spreadsheet no later than July 1st of the year that the service is to be provided. At a minimum, the list must contain enough discrete product information that allows TTB to identify and purchase individual products. TTB recommends that the list include: - The brand name of each product; - The name of the producer, importer, or vendor; - The size of the container; - Proof or alcohol by volume; - A description of the product, including the class or type if available (for example, merlot, red table wine, vodka, ale); - The states, or geographic region(s), in which the product is available for purchase; - Whether the product is domestic or imported; - Volume sales of each product in specific units (cases, bottles); - Volume of sales of each product in dollars; - The type(s) of store in which the product may be purchased (for example, liquor store, big-box, grocery); and - The Universal Product Code for each product. Qualified Contractors must provide the following: 1. The name, location and business size of your company (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, Woman-owned, etc.) based on NAICS Code 541910, size standard $14.0M and contact information. Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. 2. Evidence that your services, in accordance with the description of services to be performed, are available through the GSA Schedule or on the Open Market. Provide GSA Schedule (if applicable), DUNS & cage code. 3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, experience and a list of customers (either public or private sector) for which your company currently provides these services. 4. Relevant past performance information (within the last 3 years) for similar services (same size and scope) as described below. In addition, Respondents shall provide references, who may be contacted to determine relevance. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, and .zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Sources Sought Notice will be provided at this time. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this notice are advised that their response is not an offer that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice. Please note that any subsequent solicitation will not reference this Sources Sought Notice. A SOLICITATION MAY BE AVAILABLE AT A LATER TIME. A determination by the Government regarding the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive, small business set-aside procurement. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Notice. Telephone responses to, or inquiries about, this Notice will NOT be accepted. Responses to this Notice must be submitted no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on May 08, 2015. Responses must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, with the subject line "RFI-TTB-15-0031, Attn: SB/BJ."