The consultant should include relevant market information in the report and provide clean data sets that contain the following information as applicable: Identify supply and demand including beginning stocks (different than storage capacity), production (including estimates of acreage planted and harvested and yield), imports, consumption, exports, and ending stocks. Price and sales information points also to be identified, including farm gate, wholesale and retail prices; identification of substitute commodities and prices. Transport costs information points, both inland and internal, also to be identified.
In addition, Offeror may be required to provide the following information: