Commercial Databases for the US Census Bureau

Please note the following changes being made through Amendment 1 (attached), to include the Census Bureau's response to questions from interested vendors: Amendment 1 - August 20, 2010 hereby incorporates the following changes: 1. Section 3 is amended to correctly identify the referenced Federal Acquisition Circular as 2005-44. 2. Section 8(b)(7) is amended to change reference from "Section C" to "Section 6.3 and 7". 3. Section 8(b)(11) is amended to require price proposals be submitted in a separate file from technical proposals. 4. Section 8(d)(1) is amended to require, no later than Friday, August 27, 2010, information about the size, format, and IP address for sample commercial databases two weeks prior to delivery of the actual data. This information is necessary in order for the Government to establish a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) for ingesting the sample databases. 5. Section 8(f)(1) is amended to clarify that all times in the Synopsis/Solicitation are Eastern Standard Time (EST). 6. Section 9(a), Factor 1, is amended to change reference from "Section C" to "Section 6.3 and 7". 7. Section 15, Acquisition Schedule and Proposal Dates, is amended to include the requirement for sample database information to be submitted no later than Friday, August 27, 2010. 8. Section J-3, Census Bureau response to Offerors questions, is amended into the Synopsis/Solicitation. (end of Amendment Description)