Corporate License - Euromonitor International

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 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. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12 and Part 13.5. No solicitation will be issued. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes 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. Responses are to be received within 10 days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economics Research Service (ERS), intends to negotiate and award on a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) basis. A purchase order will be one year firm-fixed price (plus four option years) awarded to Euromonitor International, Inc of Chicago IL for their data and analysis for Analysis of Trade Agreements and Emerging Markets for U.S. Food and Agriculture. Anticipated Date of Award: 6/23/2017. Euromonitor data are used to prepare tables of food expenditure shares across countries and to inform trade policy analysis, such as the recent Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP) analysis, where changes in food expenditures affect modeling outcomes, and contemplated analysis on the United Kingdom's effort to withdraw from the European Union ("Brexit"). Euromonitor has extensive information on the economy and food markets. It makes out-year projections and provides historical data. It is used to obtain historical food expenditures by food groups across countries (this is not readily available elsewhere), retail market sales of food disaggregated by product and outlet types, food service sales of food by type of outlets whether fast-food, chain restaurants etc. It also provides food sales broken down by manufacturer and brand, and food prices in local markets. Euromonitor provides in-depth country and company reports that are used extensively by ERS staff in the International Demand and Trade and Food Security and Development Branches. The license will provide ERS with consumer data such as: alcoholic drinks, consumer foodservice, fresh food, health & wellness, packaged food, pet care, retailing, and soft drinks.