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R -- INFLIGHT SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVELERS SOL 52-DKTA-8-90003 DUE 050597 POC Tracey Miller (301) 713-0829 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Tourism Industries (TI) has a requirement for a contractor to administer the Survey of International Air Travelers. This research program involves working with over 60 U.S. and foreign flag carriers. The program involves monthly surveys on departing international flights from the U.S. totaling around 4,000 to 6,000 per year and airport intercepts are administered using the TI OMB approved questionnaire in 12 languages. The contractor will utilize a government supplied OAG data tape to draw a monthly sample of flights to be surveyed. The contractor will be responsible for mailing out the survey kits to each gateway served by the voluntarily participating airlines. Follow-up to ensure the kits are received and returned will be required with the gateway managers, and other key airline personnel. The contractor will use the Government extensive coding system for this project to translate, code, perform control and quality assurance checks, to key punch the data from 80,000 to over 100,000 respondents annually responding to over 30 questions, the majority of which are multi-part. The survey data collected will be expanded to represent non-resident travelers to the U.S. based upon the INS I-94 data (inbound) and to U.S. residents traveling abroad based upon the INS I-92 data (outbound). The expansion process is performed quarterly. This requires use of the INS data tapes using the arrivals or departures records and incorporating multifaceted variables such as country of residency, port-of-entry, mode of transport, etc. Year-to-date data is also included. The data base is used to develop custom reports for TI and other clients. Numerous other reports will be developed, including reports for the participating airlines, and inbound report and U.S. outbound report, and country reports. Data tapes will be used in calculating travel and passenger fare exports and imports for the U.S. balance of trade. The contractor will have ongoing involvement with the airlines and airport authorities. Airline advisory board meetings will be part of the contract. Integral to the success of the program is the contractor's responsibility to constantly keep in contact with the airline service managers, gateway managers and users. This also requires maintaining the data base on all these players. In addition, the COTR is heavily involved in the program providing government supplied data, working with the contractor to improve the program, and working to ensure that voluntarily participating airlines stay actively involved in the program. We anticipate a contract award for a base year and four one year options. All potential sources are invited to request a copy of the solicitation. Copies of the solicitation will only be provided in response to written request or faxed (301) 713-0809 requests. Telephone requests will not be honored. This procurement is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. (See Note 1) (0094)

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