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Special Notice Notice of Intent to Sole Source.pdf | Apr 2, 2026 |
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Agricultural Pesticide Usage Data License and Access
Contact and place of performance
Kareen Mansfield
Not specified
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Title of Procurement : Agricultural Pesticide Usage Data License and Access Type of Notice : Special Notice – Notice of Intent to Sole Source Procurement Office : US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Finance and Administration (OFA), Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), Water, Tribal & Science Division (WTSD) Agency Point of Contact...
View moreThe Agency intends to negotiate a sole source change order to the Kynetec’s Agricultural Pesticide Usage Data License and Access contract to extend the period of performance in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.102(b), statute authority 41 U.S.C.1901. This change order will include a period of performance extension to add seven months of access to the FarmTrak database subscription and will provide EPA with two additional years of pesticide usage data (2024 & 2025).
OCSPP/OPP/BEAD requires continuous database access from October 2026 through May 2027 and pesticide usage data for calendar years 2024 and 2025. A seven-month solesource extension of the incumbent’s period of performance to cover access through May 2027 is necessary to ensure continuity of operations, preserve data, and avoid duplication of costs. Transitioning to another vendor for this period would require repurchasing subscription access already funded through October 2026, repurchasing pesticide usage data from 1998–2023, and would severely disrupt OPP’s ability to conduct refined risk assessment for pesticide chemicals under review.
OCSPP/OPP/BEAD scientists rely upon access to the Kynetec data daily to produce various deliverables for customers across the program office. It is imperative that risk-assessing divisions in OPP receive the most current pesticide usage information (2024-2025) for input into their risk assessments. Outdated usage information could result in imprecise modelling of human health and ecological risks. If the Agency is unable to acquire the new dataset and an additional seven-months of database access, the accuracy of risk assessments may be impacted, thus adversely affecting Agency decision-making.
The incumbent is the only source positioned to provide uninterrupted access to the required database and the necessary pesticide survey data.
This notice of intent, is not a request for quote therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated herein may submit a capability statement by the response due date indicated above. Timely responses will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to compete the procurement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. All questions should be directed to Kareen Mansfield, [email protected], and Lemile Chandler, [email protected] – telephone calls will not be accepted.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a sole source change order with Kynetec USA, Inc. to extend the Agricultural Pesticide Usage Data License and Access contract. This requirement supports the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Pesticide Programs by providing a database subscription to the FarmTrak database and pesticide market survey data. The procurement is classified under NAICS 541910 Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling and PSC R422 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: MARKET RESEARCH/PUBLIC OPINION. There are no set-asides associated with this notice.
The proposed modification will extend the period of performance by seven months to provide continuous database access from October 2026 through May 2027. It also adds two years of pesticide usage data for calendar years 2024 and 2025 to the existing historical dataset covering 1998 through 2023. These services are necessary for the Biological and Economic Analysis Division to conduct refined risk assessments for pesticide chemicals. The EPA requires these specific datasets to model human health and ecological risks, and the incumbent is identified as the only source capable of providing uninterrupted access without duplicating costs or disrupting ongoing risk assessment deliverables.
Interested parties may submit a capability statement for the government to consider if competition is advantageous, though this notice does not constitute a request for quotes. Responses are due by April 8, 2026, and should be directed to the primary contacts, Kareen Mansfield and Lemile Chandler. The notice, identified by solicitation number NOI_to_Sole_Source_Agricultural_Pesticide_Usage_Data_License_and_Access, was updated on April 2, 2026, and includes one attachment titled Special Notice Notice of Intent to Sole Source.pdf.
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