National/State Level Vehicle Data for 2009

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (USDOT) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to issue an Other Than Full and Open Competition, in accordance with FAR 6.302. The sole source vendor is R L Polk and Company. NHTSA has a requirement to acquire National/State Level Vehicle Data for 2009. NHTSA uses crash data in conjunction with vehicle registration data to: Assess emerging vehicle safety issues for specific vehicle makes and models; Monitor normalized fatality and injury rates by vehicle categories; Provide input for the assessment of fatalities each year for vehicle size and crash rate correlations; Assist in identifying the spatial distribution of the affected vehicles with issues, i.e., the number of vehicles in each state; Support the examination of emerging issues in vehicle claims and complaints investigations; Conduct evaluation and regulatory impact analysis of NHTSA rulemaking by providing exposure data for vehicles with or without a safety feature; and Support analysis for both crash-avoidance and crash-worthiness rules. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services and the Small Business Size Standard is $25 million dollars. NHTSA intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Contract, in accordance with FAR 16.202 using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR 13.1. The delivery is within 10 calendar days after award. Note: This is not a new research requirement. This requirement is for existing data available to be delivered as an end product. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at: www.ccr.gov/ prior to award during performance. This is a synopsis, only. The final contract award decision may be based on a combination of price, past performance, and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. The solicitation number for this requirement is DTNH22-10-Q-00106 and will be available for downloading from www.FedBizOpps.gov on or about October 7, 2010. All questions regarding this synopsis must be submitted in writing via e-mail to contact@example.gov no later than September 29, 2010. It is important to reference e-mail correspondence with the solicitation number.