Used Vehicle Transaction Data

SPECIAL NOTICE: SOURCES SOUGHT & REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Please see the attached. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received because of this announcement.

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow-up information requests to include an invite to further explain/demonstrate aspects of their proposed approach. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response.

Information provided in response to this RFI is submitted voluntarily and is not being requested as part of a solicitation for actual pricing The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has an ongoing interest in market data with which to analyze, evaluate, and improve the indexes it produces. CPI-OPLC-BLS requires point-of-sale transaction data for used vehicles purchased by U.S. consumers.

BLS is the principle Federal agency responsible for measuring price changes in the economy and constructs indexes using data collected from both households and business establishments. Because of the importance of BLS data, it is critical that the component indexes are accurate, timely, and relevant. To achieve this goal, BLS occasionally purchases price data for analysis.

The used vehicle point-of-sale transaction data purchase is of additional importance as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) program has transitioned to using these price data in the index.