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United States Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REGIONS 6, 7, & 8 CONTRACTING PROGRAM

ACTION: Pre-Solicitation Notice / Notice of Proposed Contract Action IAW FAR 5.201

PRE-SOLICITATION NUMBER: 140P1423Q0026

CLASSIFICATION CODE: V122 - Transportation/Travel/Relocation- Transportation: Motor Charter

CONTRACTING OFFICER: Casey D. Pehrson

CONTRACTING ADDRESS:

NPS, IMR - Northern Rockies MABO PO Box 168 Mammoth Supply Center / 22 Stable St Yellowstone NP WY 82190

POINT OF CONTACT:

Casey D. Pehrson, Contract Specialist, casey_pehrson@nps.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: National Park Service: Dinosaur National Monument

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE POSTAL CODE: 84035

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE COUNTRY: USA

TITLE OF PROJECT: Dinosaur National Monument Shuttle Service

GENERAL:

The National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior (DOI), Regions 6, 7, & 8, will be soliciting quotes under a small business set-aside from all interested businesses having the capability to perform the work described below. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the System for Award Management website at www.sam.gov under Contract Opportunities.

Quote documents will be available for download in Microsoft Word, HTML, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF; Specifications will be available in Adobe PDF format; and drawings will be available in PDF format. Please Note: Paper copies of the solicitation will not be made available.

Vendors can search for opportunities and award history on under Contract Opportunities and follow the Interested Vendors List. Registering provides the opportunity to receive notifications; this is a tool of convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. Interested vendors and plan holders are required to visit the website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the synopsis or solicitation documents.

Prospective offerors desiring to conduct business with the DOI are required to have an active registration in the Systems for Awards Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. You are also required to have a Unique Entity Identifier in order to conduct business with the Federal Government.

This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but notice of a proposed contract action in the form of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your quote will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below.

Proposed Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on/around 27 March 2023.

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 485113 - Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems, with a size standard of $32.5 million.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The contractor shall provide all personnel, transportation, tools, labor, supplies, materials, supervision, and services necessary to operate a shuttle service for visitors in Dinosaur National Monument between the Quarry Visitor Center (hereafter referred to as the QVC) and the Quarry Exhibit Hall (hereafter referred to as the QEH). The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities (except as otherwise specified) to perform the attached Statement of Work.

Type of Procurement: It is anticipated that a single, firm-fixed price contract will be awarded using FAR part 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, since this is a commercial service.

Estimated Period of Performance: One base year with four option periods, estimated 5 May 2023 – 17 October 2027.

Quote receipt date is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation documents.

This procurement is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Responsible small business sources may submit an offer that will be considered. The small business size standard for NAICS 485113 is $32.5 million.

All responsible sources may submit an offer which, if submitted in a timely manner, will be considered. It is the policy of the government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. All offerors are strongly encouraged to contact their local Small Business Administration Office, to post their need for qualified subcontractors at http://www.sba.gov.

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