60 Month historical data on air transport export and imports

The U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Airlines Reporting Corporation, 3000 Wilson Blvd Ste 300, Arlington, VA, 22203-3862, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1 (a)(2) which states that " When supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DOD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for."

The Census Bureau, BEA, intends to solicit and negotiate with Airlines Reporting Corporation, for 60 months of historical data.

BEA collects data from a variety of sources, including other government agencies, Bureau-sponsored surveys, and private sources. BEA uses commercial databases of company information and market transactions to verify and supplement data obtained from other sources.

BEA's own surveys form the basis for most of the services statistics that BEA produces. However, BEA requires outside sources of data to calculate the statistics on air passenger transport. In particular BEA requires reliable data on the average fares U.S. passengers pay to fly on foreign-based airlines.

Section 3 - Scope of Work

The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) will provide 60 months of historical quarterly data on air tickets sales. The data will include all tickets booked using ARC's financial settlements services during this five-year period.
The reports will include at a minimum the following data items:
• Departure Quarter
• Origin Country
• Operating Carrier 1
• Destination Country 1
• Total Miles 1
• Operating Carrier 2
• Destination Country 2
• Total Miles 2
• Total Fare
• Number of Passengers

This notice is not an a request for competitive proposals, however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement by 3:00 PM EST, August 14, 2017 by email to william.c.ellis@census.gov. Phone calls will not be honored. A determination by the Census Bureau no to compete the proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Census Bureau.