# RFI - Qualitative Analysis Software (Nvivo or equal)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/pr1122341

- Solicitation number: PR1122341
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: USDA Forest Service (127604)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: 7A21 Business Application off-the-shelf software delivered by perpetual license, which also encompasses enterprise level software enabling mission capability and business operational support.
- Place of performance: Baltimore, Maryland
- County: City of Baltimore (FIPS 24510). https://abierto.us/counties/city-of-baltimore-md-24510
- City: Baltimore. https://abierto.us/cities/baltimore-md-2404000
- First posted: April 29, 2024
- Last posted: April 29, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5022bcbf8e874c90aabe3e5182ad24ce/view

## Description

Key capabilities of the qualitative data analysis software required to meet the Governments needs shall be: Seamless integration with other widely-used software applications, including EndNote and Qualtrics (the latter is widely used by participants for implementation of survey-based data collection). This will allow participants to import online survey results from Qualtrics and collaboratively analyze our survey results in conjunction with other text and transcripts.

Ability to import and work with very large data sets or coding hierarchies with no limit to the size of the hierarchy of data storage or coding structures. Allowing for greater flexibility and capacity in analysis of large and complex data sets. Unlimited codes allow researchers to design a coding scheme where all relationships between topics can be diagrammed, including adding multiple sibling or child nodes to create hierarchies of concepts and to convert these into nodes in a project.

Ability to save project files in a that allows access and collaboration to these project files by USFS employees and our university and nonprofit collaborators using the same software. Al Built-in tools for data visualization including a Matrix Query that allow visualization of multiple searches at one time and accessing qualitative and quantitative results concurrently.

Built-in tools for memoing (that is, organizing notes related to the meanings, relationships, and interpretation of codes), including the ability to directly code memos themselves. The ability to visually interrogate overlaps in coding without building more complex queries.

Key capabilities of the qualitative data analysis software required to meet the Governments needs shall be: Seamless integration with other widely-used software applications, including EndNote and Qualtrics (the latter is widely used by participants for implementation of survey-based data collection). This will allow participants to import online survey results from Qualtrics and collaboratively analyze our survey results in conjunction with other text and transcripts.

Ability to import and work with very large data sets or coding hierarchies with no limit to the size of the hierarchy of data storage or coding structures. Allowing for greater flexibility and capacity in analysis of large and complex data sets. Unlimited codes allow researchers to design a coding scheme where all relationships between topics can be diagrammed, including adding multiple sibling or child nodes to create hierarchies of concepts and to convert these into nodes in a project.

Ability to save project files in a that allows access and collaboration to these project files by USFS employees and our university and nonprofit collaborators using the same software. Al Built-in tools for data visualization including a Matrix Query that allow visualization of multiple searches at one time and accessing qualitative and quantitative results concurrently.

Built-in tools for memoing (that is, organizing notes related to the meanings, relationships, and interpretation of codes), including the ability to directly code memos themselves. The ability to visually interrogate overlaps in coding without building more complex queries.

## Publications

- April 29, 2024: Sources sought, due May 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 5022bcbf8e874c90aabe3e5182ad24ce. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5022bcbf8e874c90aabe3e5182ad24ce/view

## Points of contact

- Brandon Newland, brandon.newland@usda.gov, 2029120019
- Katherine Pasini, katherine.pasini@usda.gov

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