Online Labor Market Data Subscription Services

The City of Dallas (the “City”) is soliciting Proposals to establish a three-year with two (2) one-year renewal options service contract for online labor market data subscription services to be utilized by the Office of Economic Development.

This type of contract sets a maximum spending limit over the contract term. Services will be ordered on an as-needed basis and are subject to availability of funds, but the total cost of all orders shall not exceed the authorized contract amount.

The City of Dallas is seeking online labor market data subscription services to support economic development initiatives and workforce analytics for three (3) designated users. The required platform must deliver comprehensive insights into regional industries, employment trends, and labor supply and demand through advanced reporting and data visualization tools.

The awarded vendor must meet the following specifications (items 1(a) – (d) are required):

Provide access to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex economic development and labor market inventory, including:

• Access to the following types of Economic Development and Labor Market Information: Industries (the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)); Occupational profiles (the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code); Employment trends (5-year projection) and look-back data; Job growth analysis; Average wages by industry or specific area; Real-time and historical labor market data, and other relevant variables.
• Access to Workforce Analytics, enabling users to: Analyze labor market data; Conduct custom workforce research; Generate labor market forecasts; Explore industry clusters; Identify industry sectors for growth; Identify skill gaps; Evaluate talent supply and demand and; Assess the competitiveness of regional economies.
• Allow users to generate and download various reports on a regional (state and MSA level at a minimum), local (City, County and Metropolitan Division required) including but not limited to: Industrial, Occupation, and Cost of Living demographic reports; Economic and Industry Reports; Workforce Supply and Demand Reports; Talent Acquisition Reports; Labor Force Reports; Economic Impact Reports; Map Reports.
• Custom reporting: Ability to generate and download employment data reports at Zip Code or Census Tract level; Ability to generate and download employment data reports at custom level, either through drawing or importing a shape, radius information, or drive time.

Up to 10 additional points will be awarded for any of the value-added services below (these are optional and not required specifications):

• Regional comparative data (3 points)
• State-level employment data (2 points)
• Business Data: Data would be limited to businesses within the City of Dallas and should include employer location, number of employees, industry/NAICS code, revenue if available, and business name. (3 points)
• Reports and/or specific data queries are able to be exported in user friendly, graphic forward way (2 points)

The contractor shall maintain continuous, uninterrupted web-based access to the labor market data platform for all authorized users and ensure platform availability of at least ninety-nine percent uptime, excluding scheduled maintenance. [...] Full user access and platform availability must be provisioned and fully operational within ten business days following contract award to ensure uninterrupted delivery of economic development insights and reporting capabilities.

**Proposals are required to be submitted electronically using the City’s solicitation portal.** The system will not accept submittals after the Submission Due Date and Time and hard copies are not permissible.

An evaluation committee will evaluate aspects of the proposal based on the criteria outlined below:

• Capability and Experience: 30 Points
• Functionality: 25 points
• Cost: 20 Points
• Developing Regional & Inclusive Vendor Enterprises (DRIVE) Plan: 20 Points
• Local Preference: 5 Points

The City’s intent is to award this solicitation to the highest ranked proposer in its entirety, but the City reserves the right to award in the method that is most advantageous to the City.

The Contract or Agreement will be for an initial term of three-years, with two one-year renewal option. Renewals require mutual agreement.

The SBE participation goal for this contract is 11.17 %.