SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Visitor Center, Guided Tours, Retail Shops, and Transportation Services
- Notice Date
- 5/22/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Office of Procurement, 14th & C Streets, S.W., Washington, DC, 20228
- ZIP Code
- 20228
- Solicitation Number
- BEP-03-0049
- Response Due
- 6/23/2003
- Point of Contact
- Jill Kline, Contract Specialist, Phone (202)874-3246, Fax (202) 874-2200, - Robert Knauer, Contracting Officer, Phone (202)874-5827, Fax (202)874-2200,
- E-Mail Address
-
Jill.Kline@bep.treas.gov, Robert.Knauer@bep.treas.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 1. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing?s (BEP) Fort Worth Western Currency Facility (WCF) is seeking information from small business sources capable of providing management and operation of guided tours, a retail sales shop, and visitor transportation in a high security arena at the WCF facility. In general terms, the contractor will be required to provide management of the transfer station, information desk, visitor center; providing safe and timely transportation services for visitors to/from the transfer station and visitor?s center. The contractor shall also provide management of guided tours to include guiding visitors through exhibits and displays in the visitor center, and providing cat walk gallery tours; management of all operation of the retail sales shop to include maintaining inventory, product marketing, display setup, conducting daily public sales, reconciliations and deposits of funds, and the management of possible future sales; management of the snack and rest area; and the monitoring of three (3) Automatic Teller Machines (ATM?s). The North American Industrial Classification System Codes are 713990 for the tour guide, 453220 for the retail shop, and 713990 for scenic transportation; with a corresponding $6 million dollar in average annual sales receipts for each of the aforementioned NAICS codes. This announcement serves to facilitate development of a future request for proposals (RFP), and is NOT a formal solicitation and is NOT an RFP. Any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes ONLY, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Interested entities are encouraged to respond by providing their company name, points of contact, a brief statement of capabilities and relevant corporate background. Submit electronic responses (no longer than 2 pages) to Jill Kline ? at jill.kline@bep.treas.gov. It is requested that all responses be submitted within 30 days of this announcement. Solicitation telephone requests will not be honored. Anyone interested in this procurement may register as an interested vendor at the FEDBIZOPPS web site listed above. A list of sources will be compiled from interested small businesses responding to this announcement and a list of sources provided by the Project Manager to include reputable sources known by the BEP and those with whom the BEP has done business in the past. In addition, small business sources identified by the Small Business Specialist obtained from the Treasury?s Small Business Database will be solicited along with sources identified from the U.S. Small Business Administration Database (www.pro-net.sba.gov). A solicitation will be issued electronically on Federal Business Opportunities (FEDBIZOPPS) web site at www.eps.gov on a later date to be determined(TBD). It is anticipated/intended that a firm fixed priced type contract with a base year and four option years be awarded.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, TX 76131
- Zip Code: 76131
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 76131
- Record
- SN00331054-W 20030524/030522213809 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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