Description
The USDA Agricultural Research Service is seeking a firm‑fixed‑price vendor to operate the “Household Consumer Food Purchase Panel,” a multi‑year data‑collection and analysis effort that will produce annual numerator data on U.S. food spending. The contract will be awarded on a best‑value basis and will run for a one‑year base period with four optional one‑year extensions (maximum five years). Vendors must submit a complete quotation package (SF‑1449, capability statement, past‑performance references, UEI, and technical approach) by the deadline. The work involves designing, fielding, and maintaining a consumer panel, processing survey responses, and delivering cleaned data sets to USDA ERS.