D--CPS UTILITY SERVICES

The Bureau of the Census intends to enter into a sole source simplified acquisition with Unicon Research Corporation, College Station, TX, to subscribe to their CPS utility services. Unicon is the creator of CPS (Current Population Survey) Utilities which is a suite of data and software that helps researchers find and extract data for the Census Bureau's current population survey. Unicon is a provider of value-added CPS file information. It is the Census Bureau's belief that only Unicon can satisfy this requirement. This is not a request for competitive proposals, however, responses received will be reviewed and evaluated. Interested companies having the capability to provide the above described services should submit in writing their capability statement with cost information to [email protected]. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but offers will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no responses are received a sole source contract with Unicon will be pursued without further notice.