Bus Services with Drivers

Project Title: Bus Services with Drivers THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool (in accordance with FAR Part 10) being used to determine the potential firms capable of providing the services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. Feedback is encouraged and appreciated. Mission Installation Contracting Command - Fort Sam Houston (MICC-FSH) is seeking information to determine market capability from Small Business sources for a requirement to provide Bus Services with Drivers to perform transportation of Soldiers in and around Houston, TX, travel to and from the various location in and around Houston, TX and travel to and from College Station, TX. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this Sources Sought is 485510 -"Charter Bus Industry" business size standard is $15.0M. Responses are requested from Small Businesses, 8(a) Small Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Disadvantaged Small Businesses. This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and is not a request for proposal (RFP) nor does it restrict the Government as to the final acquisition strategy. No contract will be awarded from this announcement and requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS VOLUNTARY AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEITHER PAY FOR INFORMATION REQUESTED NOR COMPENSATE FOR ANY COST INCURRED IN DEVELOPING INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT. Submission Requirements: Interested firms should submit a brief capabilities statement covering experience, staffing and technical capabilities. In addition, firms should provide information of the firm's recent past performance (last 3 years) that is relevant to the task areas listed in this notice. The capabilities statement should address Task Areas listed in the Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached dated 24 January 2018. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. Firms responding to this notice must identify its business size status and applicable NAICS code(s) on a separate page and include the following information: Company name, address, DUNS and CAGE Codes, point of contact name, point of contact direct phone number, and point of contact email address. Indicate whether the specified NAICS listed is the most appropriate choice to represent this requirement. If not, please recommend a NAICS code that would be better suited and state the reason(s). Questions regarding this Sources Sought Notice should be received via email only not later than 1:00 p.m. CDT on 24 April 2018. Final capabilities statements must be received via email only not later than 1:00 p.m. CDT on 27 April 2018. Timely submission of any questions and/or documents remains the responsibility of the contractor, not the Government. Late submissions will not be accepted. Phone calls will not be accepted. There is a maximum page limitation of 10 typed pages that are single spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font within an 8.5 by 11 inches page size. Hard copy or facsimile submissions will not be accepted. Send questions and submissions to Barbara D. Richardson, Contract Specialist, via email at [email protected]. Email submissions are subject to size and type restrictions (typically limited to less than 2 megabytes in size and only non-executable attachments such as .doc or .pdf files), as well as any other appropriate network security measures. It is the respondent's responsibility to verify the e-mail was received and can be viewed. Each submission should be virus scanned prior to being sent. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at [email protected] or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement dated 24 January 2018. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at [email protected] or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement dated 24 January 2018.