School Bus Transportation Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W519TC-24-R-BUS1
- Agency
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ACC Rock Island
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 485410 School and Employee Bus Transportation
- Place of performance
- Rock Island, Illinois 61299, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Rock Island Arsenal is seeking capability statements from contractors to provide exclusive, daily transportation of approximately 60 military/civilian dependents back and forth from a military installation to multiple schools within the local school district area. The requested services would align with the school calendar year and include late starts, early dismissals, and makeup days. Additionally, interested contractors must indicate their ability to provide emergency busing services within 30 minutes of notification for approximately 330 children and 85 adults within a 15-mile radius in Iowa or Illinois. The selected contractor must conform to the "Highway Safety Program Guideline No. 17 Pupil Transporation Safety" and 625 ILCS 5/Ch. 12 Art. VIIITR heading Article VIII "Special Requirements for School Buses", and provide glossy yellow school buses equipped with specified safety features and interior cameras with 30 days of video recording capability.
This procurement is not set aside, and the estimated period of performance includes one base year and four subsequent, one-year option periods. No incumbent or current contractor information is provided. The pre-solicitation notice does not specify an estimated award value or budget range, but does provide key numerical details such as the number of dependents, children, and adults to be transported.
Notice text
Seeking capability statements from contractors with resources to provide exclusive, daily, timely transportation of approximately 60 military/civilian dependents back and forth from military installation to multiple schools within the local school district area (two routes in the morning and two routes in the afternoon). Requested services would align with school calendar year, which begins in August and ends in June (approximately 176 days), and includes late starts, early dismissal, and makeup days due to incelement weather, etc.
Additionally, interested contractors shall submit capabilities to provide emergency busing services. Contractor shall indicate whether or not buses can arrive within 30 minutes of receipt of emergency notification; and must also indicate whether or not emergency busing services could be provided weekdays from approximately 6a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from the military installation to within a 15 mile radius in Iowa or Illinois for approximately 330 children ranging in age from infant to 18 years, and approximately 85 adults.
Estimated period of performance includes one base year and four subsequent, one-year option periods.
Interested providers shall be able to provide glossy yellow school buses which are equipped with a Stop Signal Arm, eight blinking lights, 39 inch seat backs, and have "School Bus" marking labels. Additionally, interested parties shall conform to the "Highway Safety Program Guideline No. 17 Pupil Transporation Safety" (see Attachment 1) and 625 ILCS 5/Ch. 12 Art. VIIITR heading Article VIII "Special Requirements for School Buses" (see Attachment 2). Bus shall also be equipped with interior cameras with sound and video, with the capability to capture and store 30 days of passenger surveillance. Interested contractors shall indicate whether or not they can provide, within 30 days of date requested, footage from a specific date when needed in .wmv file format.
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