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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 20, 2011 FBO #3464
SOLICITATION NOTICE

V -- Intent to Sole Source Transportation Subsidies - Justification for Sole Source

Notice Date

5/18/2011
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

485111 — Mixed Mode Transit Systems
 

Contracting Office

Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554
 

ZIP Code

20554
 

Solicitation Number

RFQ05182011TRANS
 

Archive Date

6/9/2011
 

Point of Contact

Kelly Lael, Phone: 2024180021
 

E-Mail Address

kelly.lael@fcc.gov
(kelly.lael@fcc.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Sole source notice for transportation subsidies within the Washington, D.C. commuting area. Description of requirement: The proposed simplified acquisition action is for services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed simplified acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Interested persons may identify their interest and submit capability statements to the referenced address. No solicitation is available. See attached justification. The Federal Communications Commission Office of the Managing Director plans to award a sole source FAR 13.5 simplified acquisition procedures purchase order to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) located at 600 5th St NW Washington, DC 20001-2610 DUNS 048855423. The purpose is to purchase transportation subsidies for the Washington, DC FCC employees. The period of performance will be one year from date of award with four additional one year option periods for the work described below. STATEMENT OF WORK FOR TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDIES 1. BACKGROUND It is the mission of the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that the American people have available - at reasonable costs and without discrimination - rapid, efficient, nation- and world-wide communication services; whether by radio, television, wire, satellite, or cable. As such the FCC has a need to provide transportation subsidies to its employees. 2. SCOPE OF WORK The purpose of this requirement is to purchase transportation subsidies. 3. TASKS a. The Contractor shall enroll the Federal Communications Commission for participation in the SmartBenefits® program, which is a Web-based program that will allow the Federal Communications Commission to assign the dollar values of participants' monthly benefits for commuting to and from work directly to the participants' SmarTrip® cards. Commuting benefits may include transit for Metrorail, Metrobus, regional commuter bus and rail systems as applicable, and van pools. b. The Contractor shall make Federal Communications Commission -designated amounts of transit benefits available for each participant to download on his or her SmarTrip® card by the first calendar day of the month that the benefits are effective. c. The Contractor shall provide training on the SmartBenefits® system onsite at the Federal Communications Commission offices in Washington, DC for up to ten (10) Federal Communications Commission employees per session, as requested by the Federal Communications Commission. d. Upon request by (company or agency name) through the SmartBenefits® system, the Contractor shall provide SmartBenefits® paper vouchers for Board participants to use for approved commuter rail and buses (to include, but not necessarily be limited to, transportation provided by Keller Transportation, Dillon's Bus Service, Inc., Eyre Bus Service, Inc., the Maryland Area Regional Commuter train service, and Virginia Rail Express). The Contractor shall deliver paper vouchers to the Federal Communications Commission via courier or Federal Express within seven (14) business days of the order, or, if Federal Communications Commission wishes to pick up the vouchers at the Contractor's site, the Contractor shall make arrangements for the COTR to do so within seven (14) business days of the order. If the Contractor eliminates the availability of SmartBenefits® paper vouchers at any time during the period of performance of this Statement of Work and the related purchase order, the Contractor will not be obligated to provide the vouchers to Federal Communications Commission. The Contractor shall notify Federal Communications Commission Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) in writing (via e-mail) in the event that it eliminates the availability of the vouchers. 4. GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES: a. The Federal Communications Commission will access the SmartBenefits® program via the internet and will enter the amount of transit benefit approved for each participant no later than the fifteenth calendar day of each month. b. The Federal Communications Commission will manage its transit subsidy program, to include determining which of its employees are eligible for commuting benefits and ensuring that the Federal Communications Commission is administering the program in accordance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations (Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits Law, Title 26, USC Section 132(f)). c. Federal Communications Commission will provide the following information to the Contractor through the Web-based SmartBenefits® program so that transit fare will be added to participants' SmarTrip® cards: (1) Full name of each participant (2) Each participant's SmarTrip® card number (3) Amount of transit benefit approved for each participant (benefit category type) (4) Start date for each participant's benefits (5) User-defined key (In Federal Communications Commission case, this can be each participant's Federal Communications Commission employee identification number.) 5. SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA The services to be performed under this Statement of Work require the exchange of personal data between Federal Communications Commission and the Contractor. The Contractor, by acceptance of or performance on this Contract, certifies that it has a security policy in place which contains procedures to promptly notify Federal Communications Commission of the name(s) of any participant whose personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, lost or acquired by an unauthorized person. 6. SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 Because (company or agency name) complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its regulations thereunder (Section 508), to the extent that the Contractor will utilize software applications and operating systems, web-based intranet or internet information and applications, or video and multimedia products in providing services under this Statement of Work, the Contractor must certify that they meet the applicable requirements of Section 508 (e.g., 36 C.F.R. Parts 1194.21, 1194.22, 1194.24, 1194.31, and 1194.41). 7. MEETINGS Federal Communications Commission reserves the right to schedule special meetings during the course of the work, as required, to address matters that cannot be satisfactorily resolved by other means. At a minimum, the Contractor's project manager shall attend such meetings, which may be held at the Board's offices or teleconference.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/RFQ05182011TRANS/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20554, United States

Zip Code: 20554
 

Record

SN02451298-W 20110520/110518235016-eade17d9ac871a7b324c2493f4c34721 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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