PROPRIETARY EPS, SSS, & SAS SERVICES

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION The purpose of contract is to provide services for the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) that are proprietary to The College Board. These services include College Board's Enrollment Planning Service (EPS), Student Search Service (SSS), and Segment Analysis Service (SAS). UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THAT LIMIT AVAILABILITY TO ONLY ONE SOURCE, WITH THE REASON NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES CAN BE USED. The College Board has a monopoly on college bound student records that contain educationally relevant data useful for recruiting these individuals, qualifying them, defining markets and competitors, and assessing institutional outcomes. The concept of monopoly relates to the geography. Similar resources are available from ACT, but the two organizations dominate in different geographic localities . The College Board data base, is however, much larger and provides superior coverage of the markets from which the Academy principally draws applicants. REASON THAT SUGGESTED SOURCE IS THE ONLY SOURCE WHICH CAN PROVIDE THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES: The College Board is the only list service with academic, demographic and personal data that also provides SAT, AP, and PSAT test scores.