Pre Solicitation Notice - Global Plant Level Capacity Statistics

The Department of Commerce’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, through the SSOPO division, is seeking proposals for a data service subscription to support the Enforcement and Compliance division’s Industry Monitoring & Analysis Unit. The requirement calls for comprehensive global plant-level steel production and capacity data, specifically targeting major steel-producing nations such as the United States, China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, France, and Germany, along with all other significant producers. The service must deliver detailed, verified information for each steel plant, including crude steel production volumes broken down by blast oxygen furnace or electric arc furnace, both design and actual capacity figures, employee counts, product types manufactured, plant equipment specifications, and current operating status. This granular dataset is essential for the unit to conduct timely, accurate analyses on large-scale steel-related enforcement and compliance matters. The contract is issued as a small business set-aside under NAICS code 561499 with a presolicitation notice published on August 4, 2026, and responses due by August 19, 2026. The point of contact for inquiries is Omar Mohamed, accessible via email at omohamed@doc.gov. The performance location is specified as the District of Columbia, with all data deliverables expected to support federal oversight activities conducted from Washington, DC. The scope is focused on enabling rapid, reliable access to authoritative plant-level steel industry metrics that directly inform policy, trade enforcement, and compliance decisions, requiring that the data provider maintains up-to-date, standardized, and globally comprehensive coverage of the world’s principal steel manufacturing facilities.