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The USDA FS intends to award a single-award, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract to purchase market index price data to be used to achieve fair, objective, and transparent valuation and pricing measures f... The USDA FS intends to award a single-award, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract to purchase market index price data to be used to achieve fair, objective, and transparent valuation and pricing measures for Forest Service stumpage. The objective of this solicitation is to procure market index prices that accurately reflect changing market conditions in relevant sectors of the forest products industry. The Forest Service will use the market price index to adjust stumpage rates throughout the life of harvest contracts and calculate market rate adjustments so that stumpage appraisals more accurately reflect current economic conditions. The Forest Service desires to maintain its current abilities to perform these activities, while also exploring the possibility of expanding its use to a broader geographic range and a more diverse set of goods. Additionally, the Forest Service desires to reconfigure its current geographic area representation of indices to more specific market areas than the current data.