GSA Main Bus Program 2017

GSA Federal Acquisition Service established the GSA Main Bus Program 2017 Master IDIQ on May 19, 2016, with a shared ceiling of $320 million, but ordering closed on May 18, 2019, making this vehicle no longer available for new task-order awards. The vehicle contracted for school, shuttle, adult work, inter-city commuter coach, and over-the-road touring coach buses under the 2016 Federal Bus Standards 833K process.

Activity on the vehicle has concluded. The portfolio contains 1,232 task orders awarded between June 2, 2016, and June 16, 2020, with peak ordering in 2017 (391 orders) declining to 215 orders by 2020. All $254.7 million in combined task-order potential value has been obligated. The recent task orders in the sample (awarded March through June 2020) represent the final wave of ordering before the vehicle closed and include individual delivery orders ranging from roughly $70 thousand to $1.8 million, with firm fixed price and fixed price with economic price adjustment terms.

Blue Bird Body Company dominates the prime contractor base, holding 574 orders valued at $134.4 million—representing 53 percent of all awards and roughly 53 percent of combined potential value. The top five primes (Blue Bird, Model 1 Commercial Vehicles at 238 orders and $34 million, K Neal International Trucks at 90 orders and $17.9 million, Colonial Equipment Company at 88 orders and $13.7 million, and Master's Transportation at 74 orders and $8.3 million) account for 86 percent of task orders and 88 percent of combined potential value when Motor Coach Industries (28 orders, $23.8 million) is substituted for Master's in the value ranking. The long tail of remaining six primes captures the remaining 12 percent of awards and value.

GSA Federal Acquisition Service issued 1,094 orders valued at $232 million—corresponding to 93 percent of task orders—with the remaining 7 percent spread among Air Force Materiel Command, Forest Service Job Corps, and minor customers. All 1,232 task orders carry no set-aside designation. The vehicle's ordering period has closed, and no pursuit opportunity exists for new orders under this contract vehicle.

Master IDIQ for buses (School, Shuttle, Adult Work, Inter City Commuter Coach, and Over the Road Touring Coach) to participate in the 2016 Federal Bus Standards 833K process.