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Sources Sought Notification for a Feasibility Report on the Applicability of Differential Privacy This is a Sources Sought Announcement issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for... Sources Sought Notification for a Feasibility Report on the Applicability of Differential Privacy This is a Sources Sought Announcement issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for informational and planning purposes only. This is NOT a solicitation, nor is it an announcement for a forthcoming solicitation. Submission of any information in response to this notification is purely voluntary. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in providing a response. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is exploring innovative methodology to modernize the statistical disclosure limitation techniques applied to the Census of Agriculture and Survey data. In particular, we are interested in exploring differential privacy (DP) as a solution and want to explore the feasibility of using differential privacy first. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services standard size $21.5 million dollars. Please refer to the Statement of Work when providing information for this Sources Sought. Responses to this notification will help to determine the acquisition strategy for any future solicitation. Submission Instructions: Interested vendors are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notification by 12:00p ET on 15 August 2023, to the attention of David Jordan, Contracts Specialist, David.Jordan@usda.gov. All questions are asked to be submitted inwriting to the Primary Point of Contract and will be addressed accordingly. Responses should be no more than 5 pages and include the following information: 1. Organization Name. 2. Contract Name, e-mail address and phone number. 3. Organizations SAM UEI number. 4. Business size status for the applicable NAICS code. 5. A statement of interest in any forthcoming acquisition. 6. A statement of capability to perform details of the requirement. Interested vendors are instructed to provide only the data requested. No proprietary classified confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Any additional information will not be reviewed by the USDA.