THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTIFICATION. THIS IS A MARKET RESEARCH TOOL TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF SOURCES PRIOR TO ISSUING THE RFP. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. The intent of this notice is to identify vendors capable of providing charter bus leases at various Navy Installations. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this proposed competitive procurement is 485510 (size standard is $15M). Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT) is seeking Small Business sources; Economically Disadvantage Women Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDWOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), certified HUBZone Small Businesses, certified 8(a) Businesses, and 100% small businesses with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel and capability to perform the proposed contract. The successful contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide chartered bus services for the entire Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)MIDLANT area of responsibility. The work is primarily located in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area, and includes the following locations: Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Naval air station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk, Virginia beach, Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia. In addition trips may be made to / from Naval Station Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, Navy Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, Portsmouth Naval Station , Kittery, Maine, Naval Weapons Station Earle, New Jersey, Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Naval Business Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Naval Support Activity, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, Naval Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point North Carolina, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Marine Corps Base Paris Island, North Carolina, Marine Corps Base Beaufort, South Carolina, Marine Corps Base Albany, Georgia, and any of NAVFAC MIDLANT’s Northeast Client Base locations. The exact locations will be indicated in each Task Order by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor’s company shall be listed on the Department of Defense (DoD) Approved Carrier List. The Contractor shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by his Drivers on all over- night service, such as, but not limited to: operational cost of bus(es), lodging, per diem, tolls and ferry fees, or any other associated expenses. Some trips shall require the Contractor to provide the necessary buses with drivers for over night service (to be available 24 hours a day for the full term of the trip). Some of these trips could be up to 5 or more days. During these trips, the buses are not only supplied for the initial round trip transportation but to also transport the passengers from their initial point of arrival to other locations in the area as directed by the point of contact. This procurement will be a SINGLE AWARD indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract will consist of a one (1) year Base period and four (4) one-year options totaling 60 months of performance. The Contractor shall provide a bus of the touring type equal to buses used as Commercial Highway Motor Coaches as defined by the Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Regulations with the following standard equipment: Buses shall be no more that ten-model years old at the time of rental. (i.e., 2006 model or newer at the time of a 2016 rental) and as a minimum, be capable of accommodating not less than 47 passengers in a seated position. The Government may order buses of larger capacity than 47 seats for special trip requirements. Or the contractor, at any time may supply buses of more than a 47 seat capacity up to 55 or more seats. Under the Maximum size bus rental the Contractor is required to supply the largest bus owned by or available to the Contractor for that trip. This includes refurbished units which are not to be more than 10-model years old at the time of rental. All Charter Buses shall have reclining seats, heat, and air conditioning with ventilation at each seat (forced air type), individual reading lights, and bathroom facilities, and free Wireless Internet Access (Wi-Fi). Although not required to meet the minimum requirements if the bus is already equipped with additional amenities such as intercom, TVs, DVDs, they shall all be in working order and shall be available for use by the passengers during a trip. A charter bus coach is a unit of motor passenger equipment used exclusively to transport personnel Any and all qualified firms are encouraged to respond. It is requested that interested parties submit a brief capabilities package. The Capability Statement should include the following: 1) Name and address of firm, 2) Relevant experience and past performance, 3) Size, status, program, if applicable, 4) Ownership, 5) Year firm was established, 6) Name of two principles to contact, including title and telephone number, 7) approved NAICS for your firm, 8) verification your company is listed on the Department of Defense (DoD) Approved Carrier List. Additional information related to this procurement will be available once the specifications are available in electronic format only on www.neco.navy.mil website. The Government reserves the right to request additional information as needed, from any and all respondents. The information must be complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the NAVFAC team to determine the firm’s qualifications to perform the defined work. Please provide on 8 ½ by 11-inch standard paper and limit number of pages to 5 (including all attachments). Interested parties shall submit responses via email in Microsoft Word format to the Contract Specialist
[email protected], 757-341-0091. Your information must be submitted to NAVFAC MIDLANT no later than 12:00 pm 17August 2015.