Software License for Proprietary Airline Historical Schedule File

The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, is seeking to purchase a software license for access to proprietary Historical Schedule Files that will offer flexible, comprehensive access to the 2015 - 2019 data years of the historical airline schedule database. This information will be utilized by various Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation analysis modeling tools to generate results for the 2015 - 2019 data years. All data must be compatible with pre-processing codes and internal algorithms that have already been developed for its aviation analysis modeling tools. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price Purchase Order on a sole source basis to OAG Aviation Worldwide LLC, Lisle, IL. This is a sole source 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; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. DTRT5716Q80007 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83, effective August 05, 2015. The NAICS Code is 423430; the Small Business size standard is 500. This procurement is a 100% small business set-aside. Notice: Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within ten (10) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after ten (10) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted. Specifications Sheet - Attached Pricing: The Offeror shall provide pricing for the following Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) in accordance with the attached Specification Sheet: Pricing shall include the License Fee for all CLINs. CLIN 0100 - Software License for proprietary 2015 Historical Schedule File Unit Price $ ____________________ Total Price $_____________________. CLIN 0200 - Option 1 - Software License for proprietary 2016 Historical Schedule File Unit Price $ ____________________ Total Price $_____________________. CLIN 0300 - Option 2 - Software License for proprietary 2017 Historical Schedule File Unit Price $ ____________________ Total Price $_____________________. CLIN 0400 - Option 3 - Software License for proprietary 2018 Historical Schedule File Unit Price $ ____________________ Total Price $_____________________. CLIN 0500 - Option 4 - Software License for proprietary 2019 Historical Schedule File Unit Price $ ____________________ Total Price $_____________________. Total Price of CLINs 0100 through 0500 $ ______________________. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items is hereby incorporated by reference. An award will be made to the offeror whose offer is considered to be the lowest price. This RFQ is expected to result in a single purchase order award, subject to receipt of an acceptable quotation. All Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. An Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically using the System for Award Management (SAM) accessible via http://www.Sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision. The Offeror is reminded that if it completes its annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM it must update its representations and certifications as necessary, but at least annually, to ensure they are kept current, accurate, and complete. All Contractors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, is hereby incorporated by reference. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items is hereby incorporated by reference Additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 52.209.6, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-40, 52.222-50, 52.223-15, 52.223-18, and 52.232-33. These references may be viewed at www.acquisition.gov/far. The signed offer must be submitted electronically via e-mail to contact@example.gov. The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Darcy Hubbard, V-222, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. The time for receipt of offers is 1:00 PM Eastern Time on 11/17/2015. No telephone requests will be honored. The Government will not pay for any information received. The following notice is provided for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: ATTENTION: Small and Disadvantaged (SDB), Women-Owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation-related contracts. The Maximum line of credit is $750,000. The STLP loan has a variable rate, which is connected to the prime rate. The current rate may be found on the OSDBU website http://osdbuweb.dot.gov or call +1 (555) 000-0000. The following FAR provision is incorporated by full text: