2023 Light Duty Vocational Trucks

**INTERESTED PARTIES MUST REQUEST AUTOBID ACCOUNTS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BELOW**

The General Services Administration (GSA) is a mandatory source for motor vehicles under the Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) 101-26.501. GSA will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2023 Light Duty Vocational Trucks to be built in accordance with Federal Vehicle Standard 307BB to meet this requirement. GSA Vehicle Purchasing acquires an estimated 5,000 new model year vocational trucks for Federal Agencies and the Department of Defense (DOD) annually. Prospective offerors must meet the minimum requirements as cited in 2023 Federal Vehicle Standard 307BB. The Federal Vehicle Standards are available at http://vehiclestd.fas.gsa.gov/.

The contract type contemplated is a multiple-award Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (FFP/IDIQ) contract. The anticipated period of performance is sixty
(60) months. This acquisition will be set-aside for small business concerns, and all qualified Small Business concerns will be encouraged to submit offers. This acquisition will be classified under NAICS code 336112 - Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing. The Small Business Size Standards can be found at http://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size- standards. Anticipated Evaluation Factors are: Price, Technical Capability, and Management Capability, with a lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) award method.

Prospective Offerors:

1. Prospective offerors are required to obtain a user name and password and indicate interested makes/models for GSA's secure online proposal application (AutoBid) prior to issuance of this solicitation. A user name and password is obtained by submitting the attached "Request for AutoBid Account" document (see attachment), complete with all necessary information, to automotiveedi.partnerships@gsa.gov.

AutoBid will NOT open for prospective offerors until the solicitation is issued. For additional information on AutoBid, please see pages 4-22 "AutoBid Vendor Instructions." These instructions will be updated upon implementation of fuel economy System enhancements.
Makes/models anticipated are included as part of this pre-solicitation notice (see Attachment). Please utilize this list when requesting interested makes/models. The models identified are not all-inclusive of those that meet the Federal Standards. Equivalent models that meet the minimum requirements may also be offered. The finalized Federal Standards will be included with the solicitation issuance.

2. AutoBid account information will be provided within ten (10) business days of your request. Please request user name and password prior to the issuance of the solicitation to avoid delays.

3. Valid and current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) system is required. Please visit Sam.gov for more information.

4. The anticipated issue date of the solicitation is July 5, 2022. The deadline to submit a proposal will be a two-part process. The anticipated deadline to submit all non-price related documents is the week of August 8, 2022. The anticipated deadline to submit all pricing via AutoBid is the week of September 12, 2022.

5. GSA held a pre-solicitation conference for interested parties on February 24, 2022, and intends to hold a pre-proposal conference after release of the solicitation on July 7, 2022, to discuss instructions for proposal preparation and submission, key changes from previous acquisitions, and to address any questions related to the RFP terms and conditions. Specific instructions for submitting questions related to this acquisition will be included with the solicitation package. We encourage interested firms to register on the Interested Vendors List in SAM.gov under the solicitation number. All announcements or changes to the intended publication date, the solicitation, and any other information concerning this acquisition will be conveyed via the SAM.gov website.

6. For a better understanding of the potential solicitation requirements, please review the previous acquisition for this program located here:

2020 Light Duty Vocational Trucks https://sam.gov/opp/a9687d36731d45c787d2f6fa0d89c532/view