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This is a Sources Sought Notification issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for informational and planning purposes only. This is NOT a solicitation, nor is it an announcement for a forthcoming solicitation. Submission of any information in response to this notification is purely voluntary. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in providing a response.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), Economic Research Services (ERS), Market and Trade Economics Division has a need to obtain a one-year licenses for 30 users for an online source for daily spot price assessments of soybean meal, sunseeds, barley, rape seed, and rape meal. This information is required to cover global agriculture markets and be a part of a complete tender database with a dashboard interface for searching and downloading the data.

Please refer to the Statement of Work when providing information for this Sources Sought. Responses to this notification will help to determine the acquisition strategy for any future solicitation.

Submission Instructions: Interested vendors are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notification by 4:00p ET on 31 March 2023, to the attention of David Jordan, Contracts Specialist, David.Jordan@usda.gov. All questions are asked to be submitted inwriting to the Primary Point of Contract and will be addressed accordingly.

Responses should be no more than 5 pages and include the following information:

1. Organization Name.


2. Contract Name, e-mail address and phone number.


3. Organizations SAM UEI number.


4. Business size status for the applicable NAICS code.


5. A statement of interest in any forthcoming acquisition.


6. A statement of capability to perform details of the requirement.

Interested vendors are instructed to provide only the data requested. No proprietary classified confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Any additional information will not be reviewed by the USDA.