Synopsis: E52029X Updated CATI Data for Use in the NSB’s Science & Engineering Indicators Publication

The National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to procure on a sole-source basis the rights to use proprietary data from the CATI database, owned by Dr. John Hagedoorn, Maastrict Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), the Netherlands. The purchase will include specific tables of data customized for use in the National Science Board’s (NSB) Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) publication. MERIT is uniquely qualified as the CATI database includes features customized for NSF’s Division of Science Resources Statistics, and the NSB has used this data already in prior editions of the SEI which it needs to have updated.

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.

Point of contact: Richard Pihl, Contract Administrator, Contracts Branch, Phone (703) 292-7395, Fax (703) 292-9140/9141, Email rpihl@nsf.gov Contracting Officer: Greg Steigerwald,

Contracting Officer, Contracts Branch, Phone (703) 292-5074, Fax (703) 292-9140/9141, Email gsteiger@nsf.gov