JBAB School Bus Services

This notice serves to provide notification to all small businesses for the upcoming Solicitation for School Bus Transportation Services.  The Contractor shall provide non-personal commercial services of School Bus Transportation Services for Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington, D.C. This critical service provides pick-up and drop-off services to transport children living in Base Housing on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling to their respective District of Columbia Public and/or Charter Schools, which is a privilege, not a right. Transportation is also available to dependents of Active Duty or Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade residing in military housing in the D.C. area and registered at a school listed. Military housing in the D.C. area includes: JBAB, the Navy Yard, Ft. McNair, and the Marine Barracks. Students who reside on the Navy Yard, Ft. McNair, or the Marine Barracks at 8th and I Street must come to JBAB for School Bus Transportation, if desired.

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, school buses, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide school bus transportation services for approximately 500 school age children for JBAB to schools. The buses shall not be older than ten (10) years to fulfill the requirements of this contract; and shall be compliant with all Federal, State, County, and municipal laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations. The period of performance for this requirement is three (3) years comprised of a one (1) year base period and two (2) – one (1) year Option periods.

Base Year – 1 August 2024 through 31 July 2025

Option Year I – 1 August 2025 through 31 July 2026

Option Year II – 1 August 2026 through 31 July 2027

The complete Solicitation package will be made available only through the SAM website at www.SAM.gov.  Anyone wishing to participate in this proposed procurement must obtain their copy from the internet.  Copies will not be mailed from the Contracting Office or Contracting Officer.  All amendments will be posted to www.SAM.gov.   Contractors will be solely responsible for obtaining amendments from this site to update files.  This requirement will be solicited as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside with the intent to award a Firm-Fixed Price Commercial Services Contract.  Award is anticipated to be made, in accordance with the acquisition procedures established in FAR 15.101-1, 15.3 and FAR 12.

Anticipated issue date for the Solicitation is at least 15 days after issuance of this notice and can be accessed at the website at www.SAM.gov.

Notice to Offerors:

NOTE 1: All prospective contractors must be registered and active in the SAM website at www.SAM.gov before award of contract.  Failure to register or sustain an active registration in the SAM database will cause your firm to be ineligible for award or future awards.

NOTE 2: “Notice to Offerors: Funds are not presently available for this effort.  No award will be made under this Solicitation until funds are available.  The Government reserves the right to cancel this Solicitation, either before or after the closing date.  In the event the Government cancels this Solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.”