Drug and Alcohol Cover for Sources Sought Notice.docx

SOURCES SOUGHTNOTICE

FOR

Drug and Alcohol Compliance Audit Program

The United States (U.S.) Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is seeking vendors to assist FTA’s Drug and Alcohol Compliance Audit program through Contractor support. The Contractor will support FTA and the USDOT Volpe Center (Volpe), in developing the audit schedule and conducting audits, an industry training conference, internal auditor training, and providing technical assistance each year.

This Contracting Opportunities (formerly known as Federal Business Opportunities) notice is an announcement seeking market research information concerning businesses that believe they are technically capable of providing the services in the attached SOW. We strongly encourage small businesses to respond concerning their technical capabilities regarding this notice. The technical capability package response for this “Sources Sought” is not expected to be a proposal, nor will any award be made, but rather specific, detailed information regarding the company’s existing experience in relation to the areas specified in the SOW for information and planning purposes only. The Government will not accept simply submission of your firm’s standard brochure of capabilities as a response to this Sources Sought The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred by interested parties in responding to this request.

The following questions must be answered and elaborated on as part of the technical capability statement response: (1) Past Performance – Does your firm have the relevant past performance within the last three years (include contract number, task order number (if applicable), blanket purchase agreement (BPA) number along with call order number, contract type, total dollar value, technical point of contact (POC) with phone number, email address, name of employer, POC’s role, and a brief description of the work performed; (2) Corporate Experience – Does your firm have the work experience similar in nature, scope, complexity, and difficulty of work described in the SOW; and (3) Is your firm providing similar services as stated in our SOO under an existing requirement against your General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract? If so, please briefly describe the contracted services and provide your GSA Schedule IDIQ contract number for which the services are provided against as an order and the Special Item Numbers (SINs) which the relevant work is being performed in relation; (4) For the GSA Schedule IDIQ contract related work which was provided to another federal government entity (ordering agency), please provide which labor categories your firm used for this type of work under a task or call order awarded; (5) Provide a description of services your firm provides similar in program area scope in the SOW under a currently awarded contract in the commercial industry. If your firm has relevant work with another federal government entity that was not awarded as a GSA Schedule buy, please briefly describe it as well.

Please provide your company’s name, POC, address, phone number, cage code and your business size under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code along with your capability statement response. If your firm has a specific NAICS code to recommend for each program area, please include it in your response to this RFI/Sources Sought notice. Also, when addressing the five questions stated above, please indicate whether your firm performed the work as a prime or subcontractor. If as a subcontractor, please state the prime contractor firm with your question responses.

Complete technical capability statement response packages must be submitted electronically to Ms. Shequesha Evans, Contract Specialist at the email address Shequesha.Evans@dot.gov with a copy to Mrs. Stephanie Cooke-Nwadibia, Senior Contracting Officer via email at Stephanie.Cooke-Nwadibia@dot.gov by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on March 3, 2021. Please note that the Government will not be compiling a bidders list for this Sources Sought/Market Research Survey nor posting one.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The anticipated period of performance will be one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The contractor shall furnish necessary facilities to undertake the scope of work and perform the services specific in this requirement.