What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Michigan Department of Transportation intends to purchase five years of annual updates to the Transearch freight database from S&P Global Market Intelligence, covering data vintages 2024 through 2028. Each annual update must include three forecasted years (2035, 2045, and 2055) with county-to-county freight flows by mode, 4-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Codes, international movements with Mexico and Canada, emissions, hazardous commodity identification, routing information, and geographic shapefiles. Only USA organizations are eligible to bid, and the contractor will perform the work offsite. Interested vendors must post written questions on www.michigan.gov/SIGMAVSS no later than November 19, 2026. Any potential bidder who disagrees that this service is available only from the intended source must submit a written response to the Solicitation Manager by November 25, 2026, describing an equivalent product or service.
Scope of work
- Five years of annual U.S. county-level freight movement database updates (vintages 2024 through 2028)
- Three forecasted years (2035, 2045, and 2055) included with each annual update
- County-to-county freight flows by mode inbound, outbound, within, and through Michigan
- Data in 4-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Codes including Mexico and Canada movements
- All modes represented by tonnage, value, and units moved
- Total emissions and hazardous commodity movement identification
- Routing information for truck and rail with accompanying geographic shapefiles
Minimum qualifications
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
Documents to include with your response
- Written response describing the product or service offered as an equivalent
How to submit
- Method
- Written response to the Solicitation Manager
- Instructions
- Any potential bidder offering an equivalent product or service must submit a written response describing the offering to the Solicitation Manager by 11/25/2026. Questions must be posted on www.michigan.gov/SIGMAVSS.