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D -- STANDARD SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE SCHEDULE DATA SOL DTRS57-00-Q-80059 DUE 090500 POC Point of Contact -- Katherine Chao, Purchasing Agent, 617/494-3124 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Purchasing Agent, chao@volpe.dot.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis and to solicit and negotiate the proposed purchase order on sole source basis with OAG Worldwide, Oak Brook, IL, to provide standard subscriptions services described below. Solicitation No. DTRS57-00-Q-80059 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) FAR Part 13.5. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-18. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7371, and the small business size standard is $18.0M. The Volpe Center has a requirement for domestic and international airline schedule data as part of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center s (Volpe Center) Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS) project, in support of the FAA. The ETMS relies on this data to allow the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) to effectively and safely manage the nations airports and airspace. Current and accurate flight information is used in ETMS to balance aircraft capacity and demand for airports and airway fixes, and is used by ATCSCC specialists to predict traffic problems and to avoid del ays by implementing national traffic management initiatives. The services required demand that ETMS have continuous and reliable flight schedule data. The Statement of Work requires the contractor to provide the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment, materials and services to provide the following standard subscription services, (1) WEEKLY BULK DATA TRANSMISSIONS -- the contractor shall provide for a full schedule to be made available weekly on a day and time to be coordinated between the Volpe Center and the contractor. The range of data shall be for 45 days. (2) WEEKLY FLIGHT RECORD CHANGES as part of the subscription service, the Contractor shall provide the following changes to the bulk data file: 1. Provide effective and discontinue dates. If there is no effective date avail able the date reverts to the first day of the delivered data files. If there is no discontinue date the date reverts to the last date of data. There are to be no assumptions; 2. Provide a carrier code in the carrier code field when there is no match in the FAA carrier code table. This change will give the FAA more flexibility in determining which carriers are missing from the FAA carrier code table; 3. Provide for the deletion of multiple flight records. Since the flight data is primarily a marketing tool, the schedule information contained in the scheduled flight data may reflect a slightly different set of flights from what is actually flown during the applicable time period; 4. Provide all flight leg segments for flights worldwide; 5. Provide all segments of scheduled flight reco rds. There will be times a carrier will fly from a U.S. airport to an international airport with a non-ticket-selling stop at another U.S. airport. The second segment of this flight should be included. (3) AIRCARFT/CITY TRACKING SYSTEM ACTS FILES The Contractor shall provide an updated copy of airlines equipment and airports made during the previous quarter. (4) DATA TRANSMISSION the files will be placed in a directory on a host machine, which can be accessed remotely by Volpe Center staff. The Volpe Center will work with the contractor to incorporate any future changes to the current transmission procedures, file structures, and file content. The file structure for the bulk data transmission files shall be: ASCII, Sequential File, 56 characters per line. Proposals shall inclu de pricing for the following items in a written quotation: 1) Quarterly ACTS file 4 EA; 2) Weekly OAG Update, 52 EA, these items shall be provided in accordance with the statement of work as described above. The provision at 52.212-1, Instruction to Offers -- Commercial, is hereby incorporated by reference. All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with their offer. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, is incorporated by reference. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 22, 23. Offers will be received at U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142, ATTN: Katherine B. Chao, DTS-852, 3:00 P.M. Local time September 5, 2000. Offers may be submitted via facsimile at 617/494-3649. For information on this solicitation you may contact Katherine B. Chao at 617/494-3124. Posted 08/28/00 (D-SN490919). (0241)

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