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The purpose of this Amendment 001 to Solicitation QMAE-CY-110303-N is to:

1) Extend the solicitation close date for receipt of offers from July 8th 2011 2:00 p.m.

Eastern Time to August 8th 2011 2:00 p.m Eastern Time. AutoBid submission is also extended from July 8th 2011 2:00 p.m Eastern Time to August 8th 2011 2:00 pm Eastern

Time.

2) Extend the cut-off date for questions/clarifications to Friday July 15th 2011 5:00 PM, Eastern Time. All questions/clarifications must be sent to Ontheroad@gsa.gov with a carbon copy (CC) to Charles.Crowton@gsa.gov with subject line reading Transit Buses.

3) Revise F.15 — WEEKLY STATUS REPORTS

FROM: “The Contractor shall furnish to the Vendor Support Branch (QMDAB) an electronic report covering the progress of each order placed under contract. The information required by the Government shall be reported on an excel spreadsheet, in accordance with instructions provided by the CO. See Attachment D for the excel spreadsheet format.”

TO: “GSA Office of Motor Vehicle Management's contracts requires vendors to submit electronic status reports on a weekly cycle which indicate the production status of all vehicles ordered, Status information sent electronically to GSA by your firm is displayed in our on-line ordering program, AutoChoice. Customers can view the production, shipment and actual delivery status of orders placed against your contract

Additionally, the status report will also be used to calculate your on-time shipment performance against the contract time of shipment. The customer will be able to view the percentage of vehicles shipped on time by each vendor in AutoChoice. It is an avenue for customer agencies to evaluate the vendor's performance when making a best value decision when selecting a vehicle.

Your file can be sent in either of the following two formats:

1. XLS: Send data as an EXCEL file via an email attachment to

AutomotiveEDLPartnerships@gsa.gov

See Attachment D for the excel spreadsheet format.

2. EDI: Data collection is in X12 format (870 transaction set version 3010). Please contact Terry Koniarski at 703-605-9505 for further information in this electronic data interchange.”

4) The ordering year definitions are revised as follows:

Base Year of the contract is revised from “the date of award plus 364 days” to “Date of award through September 30, 2012”

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Option Period 1 of the contract is revised from “365 days through 729 days after contract award” to “October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013”

Option Period 2 of the contract is revised from “730 days through 1,094 days after contract award” to “October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014”

Option Period 3 of the contract is revised from “1,095 days through 1,459 days after contract award” to “October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015”

Option Period 4 of the contract is revised from “1,460 days through 1,824 days after contract award” to “October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016”

5) The spelling of “ORERING” is corrected to “ORDERING” in A.7 CP-FSS-6

6) “transit” replaces “dual purpose” in C.1 SPECIFICATIONS

7) Clarify that offerors must submit with their technical proposal all information as required by C.3 PUBLIC LAW 94-163 (SECTION 510)

8) “notice of award” is revised to “delivery order date” in clause F-FSS-250 TIME OF

SHIPMENT (Feb 1986).

9) 2st is revised to 2nd in clauses M.1 M-FSS-301-A METHOD OF AWARD (APR 1984) and M.4 52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

10) The text of clause I.15 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT—SPECIAL ORDER PROGRAM

CONTRACTS ALTERNATE II (AUG 2010) includes Alternate I language. As such the title of the clause is corrected to list both ALTERNATE I & II and is changed in all places of the solicitation where the clause is listed and referenced. The text of the clause remains the same.

11) The title of D.2 D-FSS-478 DECALS, STICKERS, AND DATA PLATES (APR 1984) is revised to D.2 552.211-91 VEHICLE DECALS, STICKERS, AND DATA PLATES (JAN

2010) in all places of the solicitation the clause is referenced or listed. The text of the clause remains the same.

12) “Alternation” is corrected to “Alteration” in clause I.9 METHOD OF AWARD FOR

DELIVERY ORDERS PLACED AGAINST THE MASTER CONTRACT.

13) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2534 DOD customers are subject to 225.7004. As such all references in the solicitation to 48 CFR 225.7006 (49 F.R. 11431, 38550) are removed and replaced with 225.7004 (10 U.S.C. 2534).

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14) The statement “DOD customers may only place delivery orders for buses (chassis and body) manufactured in the United States.” is revised to “DOD customers may only place delivery orders for buses (chassis and body) manufactured in the United States or Canada.”

in C.4 Model Information and I.9 METHOD OF AWARD FOR DELIVERY ORDERS

PLACED AGAINST THE MASTER CONTRACT,

15) 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (APR 1984) is added to this solicitation by reference.

16) K.4 52.209-8 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jan 2011) is removed and replaced with K.4 52.209-8 Updates of Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

(DEVIATION)(OCT 2010). The text of the new clause is as follows:

UPDATES OF INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (DEVIATION)

(OCT 2010)

(a)

(1) The Contractor shall update the information in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) on a semi-annual basis, throughout the life of the contract, by posting the required information in the Central Contractor Registration database at http://www.ccr.gov (see 52.204-7).

(2) At the first semi-annual update on or after April 15, 2011, the Contractor shall post again any required information that the Contractor posted prior to April 15, 2011.

(b)

(1) The Contractor will receive notification when the Government posts new information to the Contractor's record.

(2) The Contractor will have an opportunity to post comments regarding information that has been posted by the Government. The comments will be retained as long as the associated information is retained, i.e., for a total period of 6 years. Contractor comments will remain a part of the record unless the Contractor revises them.

(3) Public access to information in FAPZZ$.

(i) Public requests for system information that was posted prior to April 15, 2011, will be handled under Freedom of Information Act procedures, including, where appropriate, procedures promulgated under E.O. 12600.

(ii) As required by section 3010 of Public Law 111-212, all information posted in FAPIIS on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews, will be publicly available.

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17) All other terms and conditions remain the same.