Notice of Intent to Sole Source Agricultural Pesticide Data License Access

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) (OFA), (OCPO), Water, Tribal & Science Division (WTSD) Agency

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Contracting Officer: Kareen Mansfield, [email protected] Contract Specialist: Lemile Chandler, [email protected] Set Asides: None NAICS: 541910 Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling Responses Due: April 8, 2026 The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) (OCSPP) (OPP) Biological and Economic Analysis Division (BEAD) has an Agricultural Pesticide Usage Data License and Access contract with Kynetic USA, Inc. to provide the EPA with a database subscription to the FarmTrek database, pesticide market survey data for the years 1998 through 2023 and the associated percent crop treated files. This contract was awarded on a sole source basis to Kynetec USA Inc. on October 18, 2023. This contract was issued with a performance period of three years, including a twelve-month base

period of performance, and two twelve-month option periods. The 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