FEMA - Texas NPSC - Charter Bus Services

Type of Requirement
Sources Sought - us services to meet customers' road transportation needs and generally do not operate over fixed routes and on regular schedules

Place of Performance
To perform charter bus services throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area within the following counties: Collin, Dallas, Denton & Tarrant

Sources Sought Notice Information

Introduction
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding:

(1) the availability and capability of qualified business sources;

(2) whether they are other than small business, small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and

(3) their size classification relative to the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible.
Background
The Texas NPSC FEMA had Region VI award Purchase Order Number (HSFE04-17-P-0198) Texas Disaster 4332 that supported the transportation of employees from point A to Point B. The previous contract; The contractor shall provide eight (8) 54-foot shuttle buses to pick up and drop off first responders to the following locations:

Pick up: C.H. Collins Athletic Complex, 1500 Long Road, Denton, Tx 76207
Drop off: 600 North Loop 288, Denton, TX 76209

Interval Schedule: Buses will pick up every fifteen minutes from 6:00am- 8:00pm seven days a week Performance Period: August 28, 2017- September 19, 2017 (22 days), a total of 252 hours per vehicle (2016 hours total).

FEMA Increased the contract to allow for incoming first responders as designated by FEMA between remote parking lots, hotels, other Federal facilities, and the RSOI facility to include DHS Surge force service.

Hurricane Harvey's bus charter requirement was reactive; which may have created an increase in cost. FEMA is taking a proactive approach by seeking sources that are capable and get feedback from industry on their capabilities if a similar requirement is needed. This information will be utilized to develop a new requirement for future usage under a blanket purchase agreement or other contract type.

Government is Requesting the following information on the Sources Sought:

Review of the following documents:
• Statement of Objectives
• Sources Sought Survey

Anticipated period of performance
The anticipated period of performance is to be determined for future blanket purchase agreement. An example of dates is:
Base Year December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020
Option Year 1 December 1, 2020 - November 30, 2021
Option Year 2 December 1, 2021 - November 30, 2022
Option Year 3 December 1, 2022 - November 30, 2023
Option Year 4 December 1, 2023 - November 30, 2024

Number of Copies:
Please submit one (1) electric copy of your response as follows:

All Capability Statements sent in response to this Sources Sought notice must be submitted electronically (via e-mail) to Robert Wink, Program Specialist - Contract Oversight Management, at Robert.wink@fema.dhs.gov in MS Word, Excel, or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The e-mail subject line must specify [Sources Sought Reference Number 70FBR619R999999999]. Facsimile responses will not be accepted.

Common Cut-off Date:

Electronically submitted tailored capability statements are due no later than 8:00 AM CT on 10/7/2019. RESPONSES TO THE SOURCES SOUGHT RECEIVED, AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s)."

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