Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Rafael Dix-Carneiro

NOTICE TYPE: SPECIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE – Rafael Dix-Carneiro NAICS Code 541618 – Other Management Consulting Services PSC R499 – Support – Professional: Other The U. S. International Trade Commission (USITC or Commission), intends to make an award, on a sole source basis, to Rafael Dix-Carneiro, 205 Pathwood LN, Durham, North Carolina 27705, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Commission is seeking to procure services to update the Labor transitions Dataset model and model data on the impact of trade workers. The model that we are modifying has been developed by Professor Dix-Carneiro. He has unique knowledge of the model as its developer, and unique access to non-public data required to develop this expansion. The Labor Transitions Dataset will include, for each country, transition rates of workers across industries and transitions rates of workers to and from unemployment. It will also include mean and standard deviation of wages for each industry and the whole economy, employment by industry, and worker skills by industry, if available. The Dataset will include information on at least 16 countries, including the United States and its main trading partners. The chosen countries will be among the 20 countries with the highest volume of trade (exports plus imports) with the United States for which the required data are available. More than 16 countries will be included if data is available. The data will be for the latest available year in each country. Industrial classification will cover all sectors of the economy, at the most disaggregated level available. If the industrial classification employed in a survey of a country is not one of the internationally recognized industrial classifications (ISIC, NAICS, SIC, or NACE) then the concordance between that country’s industrial classification and the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) classification must be included. Database construction will be transparent in terms of its accounting and estimation procedures. All data sources and every step of database construction will be clearly documented. Data may be published on the USITC website and be publicly available for download. The period of performance is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. This announcement is not a request for competitive proposals. A solicitation will not be available for this requirement. The intent of this announcement is for informational purposes only. However, any information received within five days after the posting date of this notice will be considered by the Government. Information may be sent to Meaghann Peak, Contracting Officer, at [email protected]. A determination by the Government not to compete this action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephonic questions or requests are strongly discouraged.