World Steel Dynamic PlantFacts

Pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A)&(B), the Department of Commerce (DOC)/Enterprise Services intends to negotiate a sole source, firm fixed price order to purchase a subscription to PlantFacts, an online database of steel plant information provided by World Steel Dynamics, for use in monitoring the production of steel in conjunction with the enforcement of U. S. Trade Remedy Laws. PlantFacts is the only source that the International Trade Administration (ITA), Enforcement and Compliance (E&C) unit can access for information for equipment in steel plants worldwide, as well as the types of steel productions that occurs within these plants. The E&C unit requires this information for their Anti-dumping (AD) and Countervailing duties (AD/CVD) and circumvention investigation. E&C must have ready access to a database containing plant level capacity, the type of equipment stationed at these plants, and identification of the type of steel they produce. This information is necessary for the Industry Monitoring & Analysis Unit (IMAU) within the E&C to quickly and accurately reply to the many requests it receives from the Secretary’s office and for related research steel projects supporting the Department’s steel trade monitoring efforts. All six members of IMAU must be able to access the database. Therefore, the PlantFacts database contains more detailed information about plant equipment and steel products. This PlantFacts software is proprietary and only available from World Steel Dynamics. This acquisition will result in a firm fixed price purchase order in the amount of $40,000. The intent of this notice is not to request competitive proposals, and any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. However, interested parties may submit a description of their firm's capabilities for satisfying this requirement, which demonstrates they possess the ability to successfully perform this effort. The responses must be received no later than August 1, 2019 at 5:00 PM EST . All questions concerning this matter should be addressed directly to Courtney Palmer via email at [email protected] .