Macroeconomic Forecasting Model and Training Support

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to award a sole source contract to Oxford Economics, USA for the Oxford Economics Global Macroeconomics Database, World Economics Prospect Monthly, and World Long Term Economic Prospects. This award is based on the company’s unique ability to supply a desktop PC model and database which generates monthly and quarterly US and International macroeconomic forecast reports for major developed and developing countries important to USDA, such as India, China, Brazil and Argentina. This is not a request for proposals. Interested parties should identify their interest and capability to respond by 2:00pm, 17 June 2009. This contract is for a one-year base period with four (4) one-year option periods with an anticipated award date of 1 July 2009.