New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 11 - AIRPORTS
Part 10 - RURAL AIR SERVICE ENHANCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Section 18.11.10.9 - AIR CARRIER PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 18 NM Admin Code 18.11.10.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. In selecting an air carrier, an eligible recipient must comply with:
(1) the
requirements of the New Mexico Procurement Code, Sections
13-1-28 to
13-1-199 NMSA 1978, as amended,
or
(2) if exempted from complying
with the Procurement Code pursuant to Section
13-1-98K NMSA 1978, their own
purchasing ordinances. Such an eligible recipient must provide a copy of those
ordinances to the division.
(3)
Applicants will be required to provide proof of compliance with the New Mexico
Procurement Code or its own purchasing ordinances if exempted from complying
with the Procurement Code.
(4) An
eligible entity must award a contract only to an air carrier who is licensed by
the state.
B. The division may make available to eligible recipients upon request suggested forms and documents for use in the procurement of the airline services.
C. At a minimum an eligible entity should consider including the following in its solicitation:
(1) a description of the airport or airports
that will serve the proposed new scheduled air service or expanded air
route;
(2) an estimate of the
demand for the proposed new scheduled air service routes;
(3) a description of any existing air
service, including the carrier(s) providing the service, service frequency,
direct and connecting destinations offered, available fares, and equipment
types;
(4) a description of the
requested service options for proposed air service routes or a description of
the proposed new air routes or expanded air routes to serve the
applicant;
(5) a justification for
the new proposed scheduled air service routes;
(6) a commitment from the selected air
carrier that if a grant is awarded to the municipality or county the air
carrier will enter into a written operating agreement with the eligible
recipient to provide the air service described;
(7) a draft operating agreement;
(8) a requirement that the air carrier
discuss its requested revenue guarantee as well as supporting data for the
request, such as traffic assumptions, revenue forecasts, estimated operating
costs and potential route profitability.
(9) a requirement that the air carrier
provide a description of the aircraft to be used on the new scheduled air
service route(s);
(10) a
description by the air carrier of its demonstrated reliability in providing
scheduled air service;
(11)
disclosure on the part of the air carrier of the existence of interline
agreements that the air service provider has made with larger carriers to allow
passengers and cargo of the air service provider at the hub airport to be
transported by the larger carrier(s) through one reservation, ticket, and
baggage check in.
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