Commercial Travel Services

Added: Feb 17, 2015 10:59 am The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC) on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) intends to negotiate and award a sole source bridge contract to CW Government Travel, Inc. doing business as: CWTSatoTravel, 4300 Wilson Blvd., Ste 500, Arlington, VA 22203-4178 on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii).

The Intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 561510 with a Size Standard of $20.5 million.

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-78 (effective December 26, 2014).

This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR 13-Simplified Acquisitions.

Description
The Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) requires continued support by the incumbent - CW Government Travel with providing official travel management services for Defense Travel Area 5 (DTA 5), U.S. Air Force (AF) CONUS locations.

Purpose and Objectives
The DTMO requires the continuation of official travel management and related additional services on a point of sale basis for Department of Defense (DoD) travelers assigned to DTA 5 sites. These CTO services are to support official travel activities of authorized DoD travelers who are under the authority of the referenced locations. Official travel is travel (e.g., TDY, PCS, evacuation, travel by Reserve Component members, and civilians on invitational travel orders) in connection with official business of the United States Government and performed under orders at the expense of federal appropriated funds. These CTO services shall be provided using both traditional methods using the Defense Travel System (DTS) web portal, and automated methods using the Defense Travel System (DTS) web portal. In accordance with the original Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached.

Period of Performance
Base period of one (1) year, March 17, 2015 - March 16, 2016, with up to three (3), four (4) month options from March 17, 2016 - March 16, 2017.

This notice of intent to award a sole source bridge contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207(c)(15)(ii), all responsible sources that feel they can meet the Government's requirements detailed above and in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Capability Statements should be tailored to show the Government the offeror is able to meet the specialized requirements of DTMO Commercial Travel services, and applicable regulations. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirements within the PWS, and include: the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov."
A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be retained as Market Research.

All responses must be received by 3:00pm EDT on Monday, March 2, 2015 and must reference number 15-PSC-MK-NOI-00001. Responses may be submitted electronically to Margo Katzper via email at Margo.Katzper@psc.hhs.gov, or by U.S. mail to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Program Support Center, Acquisition Management Services, Twinbrook Place, Suite 400, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Rockville, MD 20857, Attention: Margo Katzper. Fax responses will not be accepted.