A -- Hourly Compensation Costs for Manufactring Workers in China

The Bureau of Labor Statistics intends to enter into a sole source contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures with Judith Banister; Citi Champ Place, Building 16, Suite 21-A; Madian, Haidian District Beijing 100088,China for assisting BLS in collecting and analyzing data for 2005 and 2006 (to the extent that they are available) that shall allow updating of hourly compensation costs for manufacturing workers beginning with the same basic methodology as applied for the 2005 data. Where possible, improvements in the methodology shall be made as new data from the Economic Census and the household labor force survey become available and are analyzed. Total cost for this requirement will NTE $20,000.00 This notice of intent is not a request for offers. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. There is no RFP notice. For Information Purposes Only.