SOURCES SOUGHT BUS SERVICE.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR BUS SERVICE

INTRODUCTION

The MICC Fort Drum is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement providing bus services for the transport of Soldiers on Fort Drum. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

(IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made.

All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

LOCATION

For Drum, New York.

DISCLAIMER:

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES

NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE

NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO

AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS

ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO

THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES

WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO

THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF

ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED

ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Two busses capable of transporting between 30 and 50 personnel between locations on Fort Drum. Busses will run for 3 hours, 3 times per day making continuous trips from one designated location to another, not to exceed 10 miles per trip. Drivers must have the ability to obtain access to Fort Drum.

The contractor shall plan, program, administer, manage and execute the work necessary to furnish and deliver the specified items. The contractor shall provide personnel, management, vehicles and other items and services not Government furnished necessary to execute the aforementioned requirements as defined in the performance work statement (to be developed). The contractor shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, codes, Standards, technical manuals and recommendations and acceptable industry practices.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:

1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and

2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

1.) Provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated;

2.) Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements;

3.) Provide services under a Performance based service acquisition contract.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS

A draft Performance Work Statement may be developed for review if interested commercial sources are identified.

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement outlining the ability of the business to provide the service.

The deadline for response to this request is no later than February 14, 2023 at 3:00 P.M EST.

All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to the sources sought point of contact listed below.

Contracting Officer: MSG David Timmons, david.b.timmons.mil@army.mil Contracting Specialist: SSG Justin Gould, justin.c.gould5.mil@army.mil

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

3.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

4.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Justin Gould, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email justin.c.gould5.mil@army.mil@army.mil

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

Point of contact for this Sources Sought Notice:

SSG Justin Gould Contracting Specialist justin.c.gould5.mil@army.mil