I/ITSEC 2026 Bus Simplified Acquisition Procedure (SAP) Buy Combined

Synopsis/Solicitation

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation number [N6134027Q1005] is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to procure commercial services. It incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect from regulations posted to https://www.acquisition.gov/ inclusive of, but not limited to, Federal Acquisition Circular

(FAC) number 2026-01.

• Set-Aside: This procurement is being solicited as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

• NAICS Code & PSC: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 485113 (Charter Bus Industry) and the Product Service Code

(PSC) is V212 (Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Travel/Lodging/Recruitment: Motor

Passenger), with a small business size standard of $32,500,000.

• Acquisition Procedures: This procurement will be awarded using the Simplified

Acquisition Procedures (SAP) outlined in FAR Part 13. The Government anticipates awarding a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) purchase order/contract.

Requirement Description & Schedule of Supplies/Services

The requirement is for the charter of bus transportation services for appropriately badged

Department of Defense (DoD) / Department of War (DoW) employees and approved contractors between Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) / Naval Support

Activity (NSA) Orlando (12211 Science Drive, Orlando, FL 32826) and the Interservice/Industry

Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) at the Orange County Convention

Center (OCCC) South Concourse (Orlando, FL 32819), in accordance with the Performance

Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment 1) and Enclosures.

• Period of Performance: 30 November 2026 – 3 December 2026.

• Driver Roster Deliverable Note: Per PWS Section 3.1.17, a list of all bus drivers' names shall be emailed to the Government's Bus Coordinator (Maribel Rivera, maribel.rivera.civ@us.navy.mil) by 17:00 EST on 17 November 2026.

This combined synopsis/solicitation includes one Firm-Fixed-Price Contract Line Item Number

(CLIN) in support of NAWCTSD's specific requirements as follows:

CLIN Description Quantity Unit Contract Type

Chartered Bus Service in accordance with the

Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment 1) 1 Lot

Firm-Fixed-

Price (FFP)

Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria, & Quote Submission Instructions

1. Mandatory Carrier Approval:

This is a competitive acquisition in the form of a Firm-Fixed-Price award, and the anticipated award date is no later than (NLT) 17 November 2026]. All offerors must be approved in the

Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) Approved Department of Defense Bus, Van and

Limo Carriers list (and approved by the Department of Transportation and DoD, having successfully passed a pre-qualification inspection per PWS 3.1.7) as of the date the quote is submitted.

2. Applicable Instructions & Evaluation Provisions:

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (SEP

2023) (or DEVIATION 2018-O0018, if applicable), FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial

Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021), and FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025)—Alternate I

(FEB 2024) apply to this acquisition. (Note: If you prefer not to include FAR 52.212-2, delete it here and from the Section I table below, and evaluate directly under FAR 13.106-2.)

3. Evaluation Criteria (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable - LPTA):

The Government will award a contract on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis to the responsible offeror whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and meets all requirements in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment 1). Technical acceptability is defined as meeting all of the following criteria:

• PWS Concurrence: Submission must reflect explicit concurrence with all PWS requirements (PWS Section 3), including providing four or more air-conditioned buses

(56-passenger capacity or greater, with wheelchair accessibility on designated trips and company radio dispatch) and including all tolls, fuel charges, and driver's gratuity in the quoted price (PWS 3.1.1 – 3.1.17).

• Proof of Insurance: Submission of proof of at least $5,000,000 in insurance certificates, along with explicit concurrence that the Government will be added to the contractor's liability policy at the time of contract award for the entire length of the contract (PWS

3.1.4).

• Past Performance: Having no known negative past performance based upon information available to the Government through the System for Award Management (SAM) or

Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) / Contractor

Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) sites.

4. Required Quote Content & Submission Deadline:

In addition to the documentation requested above to substantiate technical acceptability, quotations must include:

• Offeror Legal Name, Physical Address, and Telephone Number;

• Business Type / Socioeconomic Size Status;

• Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI);

• Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN / Tax ID Number); and

• Completed FAR 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications (or verification of current electronic SAM representations and certifications).

Data designated as proprietary by the Offeror will be treated as such. Vendors must hold an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/.

• Quote Due Date: Quotations must be received no later than 4:00 PM (1400) US Eastern

Standard Time (EST) on 11 November 2026.

• Submission Point of Contact: Quotations will only be accepted via email to the

Contract Specialist; Stephanie Swindle, at Stephanie.m.swindle.civ@us.navy.mil.

• Email Server Restrictions: Vendors submitting their quotes via email are cautioned that files over 10 MB and .zip files may be rejected or stripped by the Navy's email server.

Section I: Applicable FAR and DFARS Provisions and Clauses

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) & 52.252-2 Clauses

Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

This solicitation/contract incorporates one or more provisions and clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a FAR or DFARS provision or clause may be accessed electronically at: https://www.acquisition.gov/.

The following FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition:

Provision /

Clause Number Title Date

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management

NOV

FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

OCT

FAR 52.204-23

Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services

Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities

DEC

FAR 52.204-24

Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV

FAR 52.204-25

Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and

Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV

FAR 52.204-26

Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—

Representation

OCT

FAR 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

JUN

FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

NOV

FAR 52.209-11

Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

FEB

FAR 52.212-1

Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial

Services

SEP

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

NOV

FAR 52.212-3

Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

OCT

FAR 52.212-3

Alt I

Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services—Alternate I

FEB

FAR 52.212-4

Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and

Commercial Services

NOV

FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons

OCT

FAR 52.225-25

Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain

Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and

Certifications

JUN

FAR 52.226-8

Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While

Driving

MAY

FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

JUN

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

MAR

FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award

AUG

FAR 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

OCT

DFARS 252.203-

Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

SEP

DFARS 252.203-

Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

DEC

DFARS 252.203-

Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

SEP

DFARS 252.204-

Control of Government Personnel Work Product

APR

DFARS 252.204-

Billing Instructions—Cost Vouchers (Optional: remove if not applicable to FFP)

MAY

DFARS 252.204-

Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident

Reporting

MAY

DFARS 252.204-

Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation

Support

JAN

DFARS 252.204-

Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—

Representation

DEC

DFARS 252.204-

Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation

MAY

DFARS 252.204-

Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense

Telecommunications Equipment or Services

JAN

DFARS 252.204-

Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

NOV

DFARS 252.204-

NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements

NOV

DFARS 252.211-

Item Unique Identification and Valuation (Optional: remove for pure service contract)

JAN

DFARS 252.215-

Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense

Contractors

JAN

DFARS 252.223-

Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium

JAN

DFARS 252.225-

Buy American—Balance of Payments Program Certificate

FEB

DFARS 252.225-

Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

FEB

DFARS 252.225-

Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

APR

DFARS 252.225-

Export-Controlled Items

JUN

DFARS 252.232-

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DEC

DFARS 252.232-

Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions

JAN

DFARS 252.232-

Levies on Contract Payments

DEC

DFARS 252.243-

Pricing of Contract Modifications

DEC

DFARS 252.244-

Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services

NOV

DFARS 252.247-

Transportation of Supplies by Sea

OCT

Full-Text Provisions & Clauses Updates

1. FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and

Commercial Services (OCT 2025) — Alternate I (FEB 2024)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management

(SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v) of this provision.

(Note: If you include the full text of FAR 52.212-3 in your Word document as done in 2025, ensure the header date is updated from (DEC 2022) to (OCT 2025) with Alternate I (FEB

2024), or incorporate it by reference per FAR 52.102(a)(4) while retaining the fill-in table from paragraph (b)(2) below):

(b)(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in

SAM accessed through https://www.sam.gov. After reviewing SAM information, the Offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial

Products and Commercial Services, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard(s) applicable to the NAICS code(s) referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ______________.

2. FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2026)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or

Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

1. 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or

Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

2. 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L.

115-91).

3. 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-

232).

4. 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV

2015).

5. 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR

2023) (31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801).

6. 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

7. 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-

77 and 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting

Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services (checked clauses below match your 2025 solicitation selections, plus standard SAM EFT payment and Service Contract Labor Standards items—adjust [X] marks as needed for your contract file):

• [ ] (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with

Alternate I (NOV 2021).

• [ ] (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021).

• [ ] (8) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (Section

102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117-328) (Note: Checked in Section I; check here if applicable).

• [ ] (9) 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition

(DEC 2023).

• [X] (15)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C.

644).

• [X] (23) 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (FEB 2024)

(15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

• [X] (28) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755).

• [X] (36)(i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2025) (22 U.S.C. chapter

78 and E.O. 13627).

• [X] (56) 52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While

Driving (MAY 2024) (E.O. 13513).

• [X] (59) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award

Management (OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services (Note: Confirm whether a Service

Contract Act Wage Determination applies to this charter bus purchase order and check 52.222-

41, 52.222-42, 52.222-55, and 52.222-62 if applicable):

• [ ] (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

• [ ] (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) (29

U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

• [ ] (7) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026

(JAN 2022).

• [ ] (8) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) (E.O.

13706).

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101, on the date of award of this contract, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records—Negotiation.

(e)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1), in a subcontract for commercial products or commercial services. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause:

• (i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C.

3509).

• (ii) 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023) (41 U.S.C.

4712).

• (iii) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or

Statements (JAN 2017).

• (iv) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services

Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (Section 1634 of

Pub. L. 115-91).

• (v) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-

232).

• (vi) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (Section

102 of Division R of Pub. L. 117-328).

• (vii)(A) 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition

(DEC 2023) (Pub. L. 115-390, title II).

• (viii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (JAN 2025) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

• (xiii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

• (xiv)(A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2025) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

• (xviii) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order

14026 (JAN 2022).

• (xix) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) (E.O.

13706).

• (xxiii) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

(MAR 2023) (31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801).

• (xxiv) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (NOV

2021) (46 U.S.C. 55305 and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

(2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial products and commercial services a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

(End of clause)

List of Attachments

• Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement (PWS) – I/ITSEC 2026 Buses (30

November – 3 December 2026)

• Enclosure (1): I/ITSEC Bus Schedule 2026 (30 November – 3 December 2026)

• Enclosure (3): Approved Bus Entry Passes / Identification Guidance