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Market Research Objectives

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Guidance: Include a description of the service to be addressed by this market research report.

1. What is the service?

1. What are the components or elements of the service?

1. When is the service required?

1. Where will the service be performed?

1. Are there unique requirements?

1. Are there mandatory source requirements?

1. What other government agencies are buying the service?

1. What current contract vehicles are available?

Background

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Guidance: Provide a short narrative on the requirement for which this service will support. Include information relative to the previous awards such as:

1. Is the requirement new? If not, how long has the service been required?

1. Is there available market research information already done by others in government?

1. What past acquisition strategies were used?

1. What past government work has been performed by potential suppliers?

1. What past efforts have been taken to remove competitive barriers?

1. What are some problems encountered during past contract performance?

1. What is the past performance baseline?

1. What changes have occurred in the market place (suppliers, trends, technologies)?

1. What are the lessons learned/best practices?

Potential Supplier Information

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Guidance: Use the table to build the list of potential vendors and known sources that could be solicited to provide the service required.

Vendor Name	Location	Point of Contact	Capability
ABC, Inc.	Bangor, ME	Name: Phone: Email:	Provides all required services with consistent superior past performance ratings. Able to successfully provide surge capacity when required. Substantial operations in every state in Northeast region.

1. Identify name, location, point of contact and an assessment of their capabilities to meet our requirements in terms of performance, cost, schedule and risk.

1. Identify the number of sources contacted; identify whether they were large business, small business, small/disadvantaged business, Section 8A business, woman-owned business, government/non-government. (INPUT REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTING):

1. Describe efforts to locate sources and explain the rational used to exclude sources.

Small Business Opportunities

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Guidance: Provide an assessment of the potential opportunities for small business set aside and direct award opportunities.

1. Is the service suitable for small business?

1. Can the requirement be segmented to include small business?

AbilityOne Program

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Guidance: In accordance to FAR (2011) Part 8.002(a)(2), determine if the service is provided by the AbilityOne Program. (INPUT REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTING):

1. The procurement list can be found on the AbilityOne Program’s website: www.abilityone.gov.

Conclusions and Recommendations

This section applicable if completing Part 1. Not applicable if completing Part 2.

Guidance: Summarize your data analysis with recommendations for:

1. acquisition strategies to pursue (i.e. Commercial acquisition, 8A direct, small business set aside, sole source, full & open, native American direc or Hubzone)

1. list of potential contract vehicles that already exist which may be employed to satisfy your requirement

1. quality and thoroughness of the government’s technical performance documents and configuration control data to include suggestions for improvement before contract solicitation

1. relevant risks to be considered as part of any source selection activities

1. specific contract terms and conditions

Part 2

Performance Requirements

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Guidance: State the critical performance requirements which the service must meet.

1. What are the performance requirements and how are they measured? If the requirement is not performance based, why?

1. Are the requirements military unique or can be they be acquired in the commercial marketplace?

1. What are the performance trade-offs to better accommodate the commercial market?

1. How does industry sell the service and are the requirements written in those terms?

Market Intelligence

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Guidance: Describe any available commercial factors.

1. What is the availability of the service?

1. What is the demand for the service?

1. What is the maturity of the service?

1. How many suppliers are in the market and market share?

1. What is the Government’s market share?

1. What is the pricing structure?

1. What is the small business footprint?

1. Are socio-economic factors applicable?

1. What is the supply chain?

1. How are the services segmented?

1. What business, trade, legal, political and other developments affect the market?

1. What is fair/reasonable market price for the industry, which may include an assessment of available price data, price ranges, known pricing issues, or an explanation of price variations?

1. What are the applicable industry standards, regulations, trade journals, or process guides germane to the service to be acquired?

1. Identify any known environmental or safety regulations that affect the service being provided.

1. Identify standard industry terms and conditions offered to commercial customers in the market place.

1. Provide your assessment of the government’s leverage in the marketplace, such as being the only buyer, making a minority of buys in the market, making the majority of buys, or being one buyer among many.

Conclusions and Recommendations

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Guidance: Summarize your data analysis with recommendations for:

1. acquisition strategies to pursue (i.e. Commercial acquisition, 8A direct, small business set aside, sole source, full & open, native American direc or Hubzone)

1. list of potential contract vehicles that already exist which may be employed to satisfy your requirement

1. quality and thoroughness of the government’s technical performance documents and configuration control data to include suggestions for improvement before contract solicitation

1. relevant risks to be considered as part of any source selection activities

1. specific contract terms and conditions

Market Research Techniques Used

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Guidance: Describe the various methods used to arrive at the market research findings. Examples of techniques that may be used are: Internet searches, industry days, one-on-one industry sessions, Requests for Information (RFIs) to Industry (Solicitation for Information or Planning Purposes), FedBizOpps, etc. (INPUT REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTING):

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