Drivers for Department Motor Pool

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation for commercial services is being conducted under FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 13. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC Number/Effective Date:    2022-07 / 08-10-2022. The NAICS Code is 485320, Limousine Service, and the size standard is $16.5 million.

The U.S. Department of Education (Department), Office of Finance and Operations (OFO), requires drivers to operate a fleet of Department vehicles used to drive various Department dignitaries around the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.  Specifically, four (4) full-time equivalent drivers are required to provide the needed chauffeuring services.  All contractor staff will be on site at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 40 hours per week to perform driving and related administrative tasks such as processing transportation requests and maintaining trip logs.  The Department does not require vehicles for this acquisition, only drivers are needed and required.  See Statement of Work, uploaded as a separate document, for full requirements.

This is a Request for Quotation for drivers for a fleet of Department vehicles. The firm selected to receive an offer from ED is required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov. Firms shall include their Unique Entity Identifier. The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation "Unique Entity Identifier" followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see FAR subpart  32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.  The firm selected for an offer from the Department will need to provide Offeror Representations and Certifications prior to any award.

REQUIREMENTS

The complete requirements are included in the Statement of Work (SOW), uploaded as a separate attachment.

PLEASE SEE THE COMPLETE RFQ UPLOADED AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS, BASIS FOR AWARD, AND COMPLETE QUOTE INSTRUCTIONS.