SOURCES SOUGHT
V -- Travel Service
- Notice Date
- 3/1/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561599
— All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Division of Procurement, Avery 5F 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV, 26106-5312, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-RFI-IAF-07-0005
- Response Due
- 3/12/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2007
- Description
- The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) on behalf of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is conducting market research to determine the availability of a contractor to arrange and execute travel grants for IAF grantees and other grassroots development leaders to attend program-related workshops, conferences, meetings, and training events. The IAF is an independent agency of the United States government, established as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969. The mission of the IAF is to promote sustainable grassroots development throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. To that end, the IAF provides cash grants directly to grassroots and community based organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to help them implement their own creative ideas for development and poverty reduction. The IAF defines "grassroots development" as the process by which disadvantaged people organize themselves to improve the social, cultural, and economic well being of their families, communities, and societies. This concept is based on the premise that the key to sustainable democracies, equitable societies, and prosperous economies is a people oriented strategy that stresses participation, organization, development, and networking to build the social capital needed to complement human and physical assets. As a pioneer in grassroots development, the IAF seeks to support projects that produce real improvements on a local level, but that also have the potential to offer lessons and inspiration to others. As part of its efforts to support grassroots development in Latin America, the IAF often provides travel grants for individuals to participate in activities to share experiences and information with foreign counterparts. The Contractor shall expeditiously process travel grants issued by the IAF grantees including: 1. Make airline, hotel, and related reservations in accordance with U.S. Government guidelines. 2. Provide pre-paid tickets in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations. 3. Review travel vouchers to ensure compliance with U.S. Government regulations before making final payments for costs incurred on trips. 4. In most cases, pay directly for airfare, hotel and conference organizers and issue individual checks and/or process electronic funds transfers for meals and miscellaneous expenses. However, at the request of the IAF, the Contractor may be asked to provide individual checks and/or process electronic funds transfers to cover all travel expenses to allow the grantee to make their own arrangements. 5. The Contractor shall be available to answer questions and resolve problems that arise during the planning and duration of the trips. 6. Provide logistical support for IAF-sponsored training and dissemination events. 7. Invoice promptly. Please provide BPD with the following information: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size (Small Business, Large Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, or HubZone) based on NAICS Code 561599, size standard $6.5m. 2. Provide information that clearly indicates your capability to meet the above requirements. 3. The name and contact information for customers, current or previous, for which you have provided services similar to the ones that we require. Also, please include whether your services are available through a GSA Schedule. Please include the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. All responses should be submitted electronically to: PSB3@bpd.treas.gov no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on March 8, 2007. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta,.cpl, and .zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this RFI will be provided at this time. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that the response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this sources sought notice. Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. 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- Place of Performance
- Address: Arlington VA
- Zip Code: 22102
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 22102
- Record
- SN01242065-W 20070303/070301221833 (fbodaily.com)
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