School bus transportation

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Solicitation number
W519TC-25-Q-A009
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Rock Island, Illinois 61299, United States

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About this opportunity

The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island is seeking a school bus transportation service for military and civilian dependents at Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, IL. The contract (W519TC-25-Q-A009) requires daily transportation of approximately 60 students to and from schools in the local Moline School District. Services will align with the school calendar, operating from August through June for approximately 176 days, covering two routes in the morning and two in the afternoon. The contractor must provide transportation on all school days, including partial days and makeup days due to weather or other circumstances. While specific evaluation criteria are not detailed in the pre-solicitation notice, the key objective is to ensure consistent, reliable transportation for military community children.

This contract is designated as a 100% total small business set-aside, targeting smaller transportation service providers within the School and Employee Bus Transportation (NAICS 485410) category. The requirements include not only routine daily school transportation but also emergency preparedness, with the potential to transport up to 330 children and 85 staff in emergency situations to a location within a 15-mile radius of Rock Island Arsenal. The student population ranges in age from 6 months to 18 years, with the number of daily riders fluctuating throughout the school year but generally remaining around 60-65 students. The contract will cover transportation services during the standard school calendar year, which spans approximately 176 operational days from August through June.

Notice text

The Army Contracting Command – Rock Island is issuing this pre-solicitation synopsis for W519TC-25-Q-A009.

This pre-solicitation synopsis is notice regarding School Bus Services on Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL.

This requirement will be a 100% total small business set-aside.

This is a notice that a solicitation is anticipated to be forthcoming and will have all necessary documents, including a detailed scope of work.

The scope of this project consists of providing exclusive, daily, timely transportation of approximately 60 military/civilian dependents back and forth from military installation to multiple schools within the local Moline School District area (two routes in the morning and two routes in the afternoon). Requested services align with the school calendar year, which begins in August and ends in June (approximately 176 days).

The Contractor shall provide services for all days school is in session, including days that are not a full school day, and for makeup days due to inclement weather or other circumstance. The number of students riding the bus fluctuates during the school year but approximately is in the low sixties. In the event of an emergency situation, an immediate bus service will be required for approximately 330 children varying in ages from 6-months to 18 years, and 85 staff; these individuals will need transported from multiple childcare facilities on RIA to a to-be-determined location within a 15-mile radius of RIA.

Notice history

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