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CONSAD’s GSA Schedule for Federal Government Customers

CONSAD is pleased to notify its Federal government customers that it is a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) holder. CONSAD has a Financial and Business Solutions (FABS) Services Schedule through the General Services Administration (GSA) under Special Item Number (SIN) 520-13 Complementary Financial Management Services. CONSAD’s contract number is GS-23F-0259S. The terms and conditions of our contract which containes our price list and describes the services offered by CONSAD, are provided below. CONSAD's GSA schedule is also available on the GSA Advantage! website (Search for 'CONSAD' in the search box) or can be downloaded from our homepage. Through our GSA contract, CONSAD offers a 3.5 percent discount to the Federal government off of the best prices charged to CONSAD’s most favored customers (MFC). The prices shown in our price list are fully loaded rates (including direct labor, overhead expenses, general and administrative expenses, and profit) and also include the required GSA Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) of 0.75 percent. This contract offers an easy, convenient, and efficient way for Federal government customers to secure the services of CONSAD! We welcome you to review our price list and please contact us with any questions.

 

 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE

Federal Supply Service

Authorized Federal Supply Schedule Price List

On-line access to contract ordering information, terms and conditions, up-to-date pricing, and the option to create an electronic delivery order are available through GSAAdvantage!, a menu driven database system. The INTERNET address for GSAAdvantage! is: GSAAdvantage.gov.

Schedule Title: Financial and Business Solutions

FSC Group: 520

Contract Number: GS-23F-0259S

For more information on ordering from Federal Supply Schedules click on the FSS Schedules at fss.gsa.gov.

Contract Period: August 21, 2006 to August 20, 2011 with three five-year options

Contractor Name: CONSAD Research Corporation
Address: 211 North Whitfield Street, Suite 250
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Phone Number: 412-363-5500

Fax Number: 412-363-5509

Web site: www.consad.com

Contacts for Contract Administration: Wilbur A. Steger, President or Alan D. Bernstein, General Manager

Business size: Small

Prices Shown Herein are Net (discount deducted)

Date: August 28, 2006

CUSTOMER INFORMATION PAGE

1a. Special Item Numbers Awarded: 520-13 Complementary Financial Management Services

CONSAD is pleased to offer complementary financial management services to prospective customers. At present, CONSAD’s primary focus is on providing the following:

Please review “An Introduction to CONSAD” at the end of this schedule for more information about us, visit our website, and feel free to contact us directly with any questions you might have or to learn about specific projects we have performed.

1b. Awarded Pricing Schedule

 

LABOR CATEGORY	8/21/06 - 8/20/07	8/21/07 - 8/20/08	8/21/08 - 8/20/09	8/21/09 - 8/20/10	8/21/10 - 8/20/11
Project Director	$165.28	$170.24	$175.35	$180.61	$186.02
Senior Economist	$165.28	$170.24	$175.35	$180.61	$186.02
Senior Analyst	$132.48	$136.45	$140.55	$144.76	$149.11
Technical Analyst	$79.72	$82.11	$84.57	$87.11	$89.73
Analyst	$68.89	$70.96	$73.09	$75.28	$77.54
Junior Analyst	$45.76	$47.13	$48.55	$50.00	$51.50
Data Entry Clerk	$36.57	$37.67	$38.80	$39.96	$41.16

A 3.0 percent yearly escalation factor is in effect for the base and all option periods and shall be applied on the anniversary date of this award.

1c. Labor Category Descriptions

Project Director - Responsible for coordinating and directing personnel with diverse technical skills and backgrounds to ensure the delivery of a high quality product that is both on time and within budget limitations. Also responsible for administrative matters. Key liaison between contractor personnel and the government’s technical representative. Requires an advanced degree in economics, business administration, or a related field, in an accredited college or university degree program. Also requires extensive training and six or more years of experience in regulatory planning, policy analysis, and/or financial analysis work.

Senior Economist - Responsible for performing work of a technically complex nature in the area of economics or econometric analysis, often directing the work of Analysts and Junior Analysts. Requires a Ph.D. in economics from an accredited college or university degree program, or must have completed all the academic requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation. Also requires six or more years of experience performing work as an economist.

Senior Analyst - Responsible for performing work of a technically complex nature often directing the work of Analysts and Junior Analysts. Requires a bachelor’s degree in an accredited college or university degree program, in a field related to the specific subcategory (for example, economist, regulatory/policy analyst, financial analyst, engineer, health/safety professional, or technical writer). Also requires six or more years of experience performing work identified by the specific subcategory. An advanced degree can substitute for two years of experience.

Technical Analyst - Responsible for performing technical work of a moderately complex nature under the direction of a Senior Analyst, requiring the skills and knowledge necessary to proficiently use specialized technical software routinely employed in performing economic and regulatory analysis work [including statistical analysis products such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and econometric forecasting models such as Regional Economics Models, Inc. (REMI)]. Requires a bachelor’s degree in an accredited college or university degree program, in a field related to the specific subcategory (for example, economist, regulatory/policy analyst, financial analyst, engineer, health/safety professional, or technical writer). Also requires at least one year of experience performing work identified by the specific subcategory.

Analyst - Responsible for performing technical work of a moderately complex nature under the direction of a Senior Analyst. Requires a bachelor’s degree in an accredited college or university degree program, in a field related to the specific subcategory (for example, economist, regulatory/policy analyst, financial analyst, engineer, health/safety professional, or technical writer). Also requires at least one year of experience performing work identified by the specific subcategory.

Junior Analyst - Responsible for performing information collection, analysis, and interpretation of data under the direction of an Analyst or Senior Analyst. Requires a bachelor’s degree in an accredited college or university degree program. Also requires demonstrated capabilities in research or technical writing skills.

Data Entry Clerk - Responsible for performing data collection and entry under the direction of a Senior Analyst or Analyst. Requires an associate degree in an accredited community college, college, or university degree program. At least six months of experience can substitute for the associate degree requirement.

2. Maximum order: $1,000,000.00.

3. Minimum order: $300.00.

4. Geographic coverage (delivery area): Domestic and overseas delivery.

5. Point of production (city, county, and state or foreign country): Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

6. Discount from list prices or statement of net price: The list prices presented above already include discounts. Any additional discounts will be considered at the individual task order level.

7. Quantity discounts: The list prices presented above already include discounts. Any additional quantity discounts will be considered at the individual task order level.

8. Prompt payment terms: Net 30 days.

9a. Notification that Government purchase cards are accepted at or below the micro-purchase threshold: Yes.

9b. Notification whether Government purchase cards are accepted or not accepted above the micro-purchase threshold: Yes.

10. Foreign items: Not applicable.

11a. Time of delivery: To be negotiated at the individual task order level.

11b. Expedited delivery: Items available for expedited delivery are noted in this price list. Expedited delivery, at the list prices specified above, can be negotiated at the individual task order level.

11c. Overnight and 2-day delivery: Both are available and will be negotiated at the individual task order level.

11d. Urgent requirements: Pursuant to contract clause I-FSS-140-B, agencies can contact Wilbur A. Steger or Alan D. Bernstein (the contacts for contract administration) to obtain faster delivery. These requests will be considered at the individual task order level.

12. F.O.B. point(s): Destination.

13a. Ordering address: CONSAD Research Corporation;
211 North Whitfield Street, Suite 250
Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

13b. Ordering procedures: For supplies and services, the ordering procedures, information on blanket purchase agreements (BPA’s), and a sample BPA can be found at the GSA/FSS schedule homepage (fss.gsa.gov/schedules).

14. Payment address: CONSAD Research Corporation
211 North Whitfield Street, Suite 250
Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

15. Warranty provision: Not applicable.

16. Export packing charges: Not applicable.

17. Terms and conditions of Government purchase card acceptance (any thresholds above the micro-purchase level): No other conditions apply.

18. Terms and conditions of rental maintenance, and repair: Not applicable.

19. Terms and conditions of installation: Not applicable.

20. Terms and conditions of repair parts: Not applicable.

20a. Terms and conditions for any other services: Not applicable.

21. List of service and distribution points: Not applicable.

22. List of participating dealers: Not applicable.

23. Preventative maintenance: Not applicable.

24a. Special attributes such as environmental attributes: Not applicable.

24b. Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) supplies and services: Not applicable.

25. Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number: 06-563-0949.

26. Notification regarding registration in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database: Registered, Registration valid to 10/15/09.

AN INTRODUCTION TO CONSAD RESEARCH CORPORATION

CONSAD Corporate Capability

Since 1963, CONSAD has provided public and private sector clients with comprehensive and innovative analysis of public policy, business, and economic issues. CONSAD's diverse team of analysts combines their extensive experience and traditional analytic approaches with the most advanced concepts and tools to perform each research project. CONSAD continues to excel at producing and communicating research answers that successfully affect political and social change. It is by adhering to uncompromising standards of excellence that CONSAD maintains its leadership in the dynamic world of public policy research

CONSAD has more than 40 years of experience in the development and application of wide-ranging business and economic planning approaches, benefit-cost techniques, economic impact analysis, regulatory and technological feasibility analyses, environmental economics, engineering economics, industry studies, simulation and optimization models and methods, primary (including survey design) and secondary data collection techniques, data base design and management, statistical analyses, computer applications, effective report writing, graphic presentations, and practical approaches to project management and operations.

CONSAD's most important asset is its reputation for excellence. Characteristics that best distinguish CONSAD and its highly experienced professional staff include:

The expertise of CONSAD's outstanding team of analysts include micro- and macro-economics, business administration and planning, industry analysis, market research, engineering economics, behavioral science, simulation and optimization modeling, mathematics and statistics, and a wide range of computer applications. In this age of specialization, CONSAD has effectively woven together these diverse disciplines to successfully address a broad range of complex issues, to design innovative and intelligent methods for examining ideas, policies, and programs, and to develop effective strategies and plans for meeting client objectives.

CONSAD's professional staff, augmented as needed with expert consultants, examines the choices confronting public and private decision makers and provides them with a complete base of information and ideas to facilitate informed decision making. Indeed, CONSAD brings more than four decades of meaningful corporate and personal experience in recognizing the need and applying the know-how to:

CONSAD has successfully completed a wide variety of analyses and modeling efforts, field surveys and industry studies, evaluations and assessments, and technical assistance and training programs, which include the following:

CONSAD delivers its services, as is mutually deemed most desirable by the client and CONSAD, as either: (a) technical assistance to improve specific aspects of a client's program and its operations, and/or (b) a specific product (for example, a report, manual, system, data set, or trained staff), including the design and implementation of the process for product updating and maintenance.

CONSAD keeps pace with the need to analyze increasingly complex problems in the public and private sectors through the development of innovative tools, techniques, and data bases designed to help decision-makers take more informed, and presumably better, actions. CONSAD, in fact, specializes where these following elements characterize the problem:

CONSAD’s Client List

CONSAD's public sector clients have included the following federal government agencies:

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Appalachian Regional Commission

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of the Interior

Department of Justice

Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration (ESA)

Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Environmental Protection Agency

National Science Foundation

Small Business Administration (SBA)

U.S. Postal Service

In addition, CONSAD has also performed numerous studies for state and local government and quasi-government agencies, as well as foreign governments, including:

Allegheny County, PA Area Agency on Aging

Allegheny County, PA Department of Planning

Allegheny County, PA Office of the County Manager

Beaver County, PA Department of Planning

Government of Bermuda, Ministry of Finance

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Pennsylvania Department of Commerce

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (formerly Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission)

CONSAD's private sector clients have included trade associations, foundations, and corporations, such as:

Alcoa

Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)

The Business Roundtable

Clean Air Working Group (CAWG)

Concurrent Technologies Corporation

CVS

Edison Electric Institute

Family Research Council

Food Marketing Institute

Global Climate Coalition

Heinz Family Foundation

Health Insurance Association of America

Jewish Healthcare Foundation

March of Dimes Foundation

McDonnell Douglas (now a part of Boeing)

Mellon Bank

MTR Race Track and Gaming Resort

National Association of Manufacturers

National Coal Association

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Foundation

The Partnership on Health Care and Employment

Pennsylvania Power and Light

Pittsburgh Foundation

PPG Industries, Incorporated

Stand Up for Steel Working Group

TRW Energy Systems

USX Corporation

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Urban Land Institute

Walgreen Company

CONSAD’s Interaction With the Client

At the initiation of each task order, and throughout the duration of the study, CONSAD will closely collaborate with all key stakeholders, including government policy decision-makers, regulatory analysts, and economists, as well as affected private sector organizations (if appropriate). This process will ensure that the problem assessment and identification of the public policy or regulatory initiative being addressed is both sensitive to federal policy concerns, as well as responsive to the current views on issues of importance to the private sector. Further, CONSAD’s services will be delivered so that the key government policy analysts and decision-makers, regulatory analysts, and economists are well informed and involved at all critical steps in the development of the information, products, and computer-aided tools (including models and spreadsheets) needed to effectively and efficiently examine the alternative public policy and regulatory options. This involvement will ensure that federal agencies have the underlying knowledge and analytical tools to choose the public policy or regulatory options that best achieve, based on the defined selection criteria, their stated goals and objectives. As a result, federal agencies will be able to perform their responsibilities in a timelier manner, with improved quality and greater productivity, thereby improving their mission performance.

CONSAD's long relationship in providing policy and regulatory analysis support services to the federal government, as well as to trade associations and other private clients (as evidenced by the extensive client list presented above), enables us to provide these services in the most cost-effective, efficient, and professional manner.

For More Information

This Federal Supply Schedule Price List and the “Introduction to CONSAD” have provided a brief overview of our company and the services we can offer under this Financial and Business Solutions (FABS) schedule 520-13 Complementary Financial Management Services. For additional information about CONSAD and its professional staff, and to discuss a specific need that your agency has, please contact: Wilbur A. Steger, President at 412-363-5500, extension 212 or by email at wasteger@consad.comor Alan D. Bernstein, General Manager at 412-363-5500, extension 204 or by email at adbernstein@consad.com

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