New Vehicle Purchase Data

Added: Jul 20, 2017 4:42 pm The purpose of this notice is to post answers to questions raised. See below 

1. Question:
Has a contractor performed similar work to this for the government in the past? If available, please provide the incumbent contract number.

Answer: The most recent similar requirement was DOL-BLS-16-P 0083 provided by J.D. POWER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

2. Question:
Could you please confirm that this is in line with the format and content requested?

Answer: Please follow the synopsis on FBO.gov and Section L of the solicitation, pages 44 to 48. See attachment for pages 44 to 48, which are extracted from solicitation.

Added: Jul 10, 2017 3:28 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subparts 12.6 and 13.5 as supplemented with additional information included in this announcement. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, and quotes are being requested.

1625DC-17-Q-00021 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This RFQ, its incorporated provisions, and clauses are those in effect through the FAR and the Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation System (DOLAR).

This solicitation is unrestricted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 519190 - All Other Information Services, and the corresponding size standard is $27.5 million dollars.

In this solicitation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is requesting quotes for new vehicle data. There are two line items: base line item and option period 1.

Part 1 (Base line item)
a. New vehicle data from September 2016 - August 2017.
b. The contract requires historical new vehicle transaction data from September 2016 to August 2017
c. A typical month shall contain minimally 250,000 individual new vehicle actual transactions. Each vehicle transaction shall contain 41 variables.
d. Data Dictionary.
e. Sample Survey Design Documentation.
f. Customer support to answer any detailed questions about the data by telephone or email.

Based line item shall be delivered within 30 day of contract award to BLS COR or another point of contact identified by the COR.

Part 2 (Option period 1)
a. New vehicle data from September 2017 to August 2018.
b. Upon the start of Part 2, if exercised, current monthly new vehicle transaction data shall be delivered. The current monthly new vehicle data shall be delivered in a two-step delivery procedure per pricing month: The first delivery the last week of the current month and the second delivery within the first week of the following month.
c. A typical month shall contain minimally 250,000 individual new vehicle actual transactions. Each vehicle transaction shall contain 41 variables.
d. Customer support to answer any detailed questions about the data by telephone or email.

The requirement under Option period 1, if exercised, shall be delivered to BLS COR or another point of contact identified by the COR.

Offerors are required to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, with their quotes unless they have already completed their annual representations and certification electronically in System for Award Management (SAM), or offerors may wish to amend their SAM information for this solicitation by completing 52.212-3.
The following provisions/clauses also apply: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. See solicitation for a complete list of clauses/provisions. A list of applicable clauses/provisions applicable under 52.212-5 starts on page 10 of solicitation.

The Government may award a firm fixed price purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government may reject any or all quotes if such action is in the public interest; accept a quote other than the lowest priced quote; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotes received. The Government reserves the right to make award without communications. Therefore, the offeror's initial quote should contain the offeror's best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct communications if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. If the Government awards without communications, the offerors may be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of quotes or to resolve minor clerical errors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

· Factor I - Technical Capability
· Factor II - Past Performance
· Factor III - Price

All factors are listed in descending order of importance, so Factor I is more important that Factor II and Factor II is more important that Factor III. When combined, non-price factors are significantly more important than price. See section L for complete instructions.

Quotes must be submitted via email to liu.jason@bls.gov and jones.elliott@bls.gov. To be considered for award, offerors must submit quotes to ensure they reach the aforementioned email addresses no later than July 31, 2017 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Quotes received after the due date and time will not be considered for award. Questions are due no later than July 17, 2017 at 1:00 PM ET. See solicitation for complete instructions.