Planning for Shortline Railroad Partnerships

The U.S Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, requires contractor expertise and knowledge of the short line railroad community in the area of forming partnerships with this community and in teaching short line railroads the use and benefits of Geographical Information System (GIS) to improve safety and operating efficiency. Global Information Systems, LLC has several years of experience and expertise with short line and regional railroads in the use of GIS. The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association concurred that Global Information Systems, LLC is the only source with the short line railroad data and expertise to perform this work. Therefore, the Government intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Global Information Systems, LLC. The period of performance will be from date of award through 07/31/2020. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 813910; the Small Business size standard is $15 million.

Notice:

Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within seven (7) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after seven (7) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted.