Airline Industry Flight Data

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential Business Sources. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses. All proprietary information shall be marked as such. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow up information requested. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Business Community to include Large or Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), HUBZONE, 8(a), etc. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this acquisition is 488190. The Small Business Size Standard for this acquisition is $7M. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsive contractors. Scope of Work - Airline Industry Flight Data shall be provided on a weekly basis for all current flights. The data will encompass a 120 day period commencing on the date of file delivery. Data will be provided as Standard Schedules Information Manual (SSIM) format. Flight data will be accessible through a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site. Flight data will be provided for all commercial US passenger airline flights originating or terminating in the US and US territories. Flight data will identify code sharing flights using IATA code standards when applicable. Help Desk support shall be provided for flight data questions. All contractor data and data storage facilities must reside within the United States. If you are interested and are capable of providing the services, please respond to this notice. Please limit your response to five (5) pages and please include the following information: - Your company's name, addresses, point of contact, phone number, and email address. - Your company's capability to meet the requirements. - Your company's capability to perform a contract of this type and comparable work performed within the past three years to include a brief description of the project, customer's name, phone number and address, period of performance, and dollar value of the project. - Your company's Business Size (Large or Small) and Socioeconomic Status (Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB),Veteran Owned, SDVOSB, HUBZONE, 8(a), etc.). - **Please include a self-certification that your company is located in the United States and that all data is housed in data storage facilities within the US. Responses shall only be accepted from companies that are registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. To register go to the website http: www.ccr.gov/ or for assistance call 1-888-227-2423. As stated above, this notice is a market survey and is for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. Responses to this notice may be emailed to marianne.brukiewa@dhs.gov. Telephone and facsimile responses will not be accepted. Interested parties to this notice shall respond no later than March 7, 2012 at 12:00pmEST.