SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Transportation, Planning, Measurement, Modeling, and Assessment (TPMMA)
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary (OST) Administration Secretariate, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142-1093, United States
- ZIP Code
- 02142-1093
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT5716R20007
- Point of Contact
- Roland J. Regan, Phone: 6174943185
- E-Mail Address
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roland.regan@dot.gov
(roland.regan@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, intends t o issue a solicitation for the Transportation Planning, Measurement, Modeling, and Assessment (TPMMA) services, m uch of the task work will support development of the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) and also has the potential to be national in scope, such as supporting Air Tour Management Plans (ATMP) for the National Park Service (NPS), or even international, such as providing support to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Project. As part of the software support tasking, contract support will be in compliance with all applicable Information Technology (IT) policies, including Section 508, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), and DOT Order 1351.57 - Departmental Cybersecurity Policy. Teams will perform work in multiple regions or countries simultaneously, requiring expertise across multiple task areas. The solicitation will be competed on an unrestricted, full and open basis to all qualified offerors. Multiple contract awards 3-4 will be made from this solicitation. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation and the solicitation will be issued on an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) basis with the ability to issue firm fixed price, cost-plus-fixed-fee completion, and cost-plus-fixed-fee term task orders. The term of the ordering period of the resulting contract will be five (5) years from the date of award. The successful contractor will provide services in the following work areas of TPMMA: 1) Transportation and Environmental Planning ; 2) Environmental Impact Measurement; 3) Data Reduction and Analysis; 4) Software Development; 5) Environmental Model Operation and Analysis; 6) Sustainability Analysis; 7) Training Development; 8) Expert Assessment; 9) Engineering Support; 10) Research Support; and 11) Alternative Fuels Development and Deployment. The TPMMA contracts will be the successor to the Measurement, Modeling and Assessment of Transportation Environmental and Psychological Effects (MMATEPE) contracts as awarded by the Volpe Center in 2010. The small business size standard associated with the designated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services is $15 million. The estimated release date of the final solicitation will be on or about March 24, 2016. Proposals will be due approximately 75 calendar days following the issuance of the solicitation. It is anticipated that a pre-proposal Webinar will be announced when the solicitation is issued. Complete details of the pre-proposal Webinar will be provided in the solicitation. The Offerors that are awarded a master contracts as a result of this solicitation shall be ineligible to receive a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee task order award unless its accounting system has been approved by a Federal Government Audit Agency. The approval status of an Offeror's accounting system will not prevent the Offeror from receiving a master contract award. The sole responsibility rests with the Offeror to perform whatever preparatory work is required so that its accounting system will be approved should DCAA be engaged to perform the review. There is considerable information available which outlines the accounting system requirements and audit. The DCAA website http://www.dcaa.mil includes information on the DCAA audit program describing the audit process and it includes helpful references. Go to "Guidance" and "Checklists and Tools" for information on accounting systems. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue request for proposal (RFP) and amendments to RFP. Paper copies will not be made available. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website: http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of these documents are not available and no hard copies will be mailed. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and any documentation received will not be returned to the sender. Prospective Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation posting and availability for downloading must register on the FBO website. Offerors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments, and other notices, it is their responsibility to provide an accurate and complete email address to the Government. The Government will make no additional effort to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the email address provided. For questions regarding the solicitation, contact the contract specialist in writing by email at roland.regan@dot.gov. ANY INQUIRIES VIA TELEPHONE WILL NOT BE HONORED. All contractors are reminded that all entity records from the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) were moved to the System for Acquisition Management (SAM). All contractors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to review and obtain information about the registration process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of the Representations and Certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the earliest within SAM and must be completed in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs); The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000. The STLP loan has a variable rate which is tied to the Prime Rate published in the Wall Street Journal. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbu.dot.gov/.
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