Special Education Transportation Services, Kaiserslautern District (Germany)

The purposes of Amendment 0001 to the solicitation are to restructure Section II, Schedule of Services and Prices and to provide questions and answers from the Pre-Bid Conference held on 12 June 2013 as Attachment 5 to the solicitation. The conformed copy of the solicitation is being provided so that bidders use the UPDATED pricing schedule to input their prices; bidders shall use the UPDATED pricing schedule, Section II, when submitting their bid package. In addition, bidders are reminded that they shall acknowledge Amendment 0001 of the solicitation by including the signed SF30 with their bid package. The slides from the Pre-Bid Conference are also being provided with this amendment. Please note that the time and date for reciept of offers has NOT been extended.

The Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe (DoDDS-E) Procurement Office is issuing an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for a non-personal services, Firm Fixed-Price, Requirements type contract, to provide student transportation services in support of the DoDDS-E schools located in the Kaiserslautern District (Germany).  The resulting contract will be issued for a Base Year and Four (4) Option Years. It is the Government's intention to publicize the solicitation on FedBizOpps within the next thirty (30) days.  Bidders are responsible for monitoring and downloading the solicitation and any amendments from FedBizOpps.  Telephone, e-mail, and fax requests for the solicitation or subsequent changes will not be accepted.  The solicitation is unrestricted under the North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) 485410.  All Bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to submitting a bid.

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, services, vehicles, and equipment necessary to safely transport students and other authorized individuals to and from their designated schools and alternate sites for classes and authorized school activities, to include Career Practicum or other curricular shuttle runs as identified on the route schedules provided by the Government. SAFETY of the passengers is of highest priority in the performance of contract services.

The Government intends to hold a pre-bid conference to provide clarification regarding the bidding process as outlined in the solicitation.  The Government will not conduct individual (one-on-one) discussions with bidders during the pre-bid conference. Instead, all bidders will address their questions and concerns in the public venue and all Government responses will be addressed to all bidders and posted to FedBizOpps following the conference.  The one exception to this rule is regarding any questions containing proprietary information that an offeror does not wish to make known to the public. Details about the date, time, and place of the pre-bid conference will be provided in the solicitation.