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V -- TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE U. S. EMBASSIES, MISSIONS AND CONSULATES IN EUROPE AND THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST. SOL 3FBG-W-MP-N-5239 DUE 050197 POC Contract Specialist, Mark Petrozino, (202) 619-8910 Requirements solicitation for travel management services for the U. S. Embassies, missions and consulates in Europe and the near and middle East. Estimated annual air tickets are $15.9M. A portion of the annual air sales requirements include the management of on-site facilities in the following locations: Rome, Italy; Warsaw, poland; the hague, Netherlands; budapest, hungary; madrid, Spain; Athens, Greece, Amman, Jordan; paris, France; moscow, russia; Brussels, Belgium; Vienna, Austria; lisbon, portugal; bonn and Frankfurt, Germany. Off-site requirements will be needed in bern, switzerland; Dublin, ireland; and Ottawa, toronto, calgary, Vancouver, and quebec, Canada. Hours of operation must coincide with embassy operations which are generally 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday. In some cases the site manager will be required to have a pager and be available on a 24 hour basis. All contractorpersonnel must pass a security clearance to work in the on-site offices. Contractor personnel must be fluent in English and the language of their country. Contractor will be required to have an office presence in each of the cities requiring service. In the CASE of moscow, russia, a clearly established history of service in that City is required. Scope of the contract covers all embassies and missions/consulates both in Europe and the near and middle East. This solicitation will be competed under the full and open competition. The incumbent contractor is Carlson wagonlit travel. There is "no" schedule or pricing information as the current and future contracts are no cost contracts. A bidders mailing list will not be made available until after award. A request for such information will be responded to under foia. Travel agencies interrested in obtaining a copy of the solicitation which will be issued on a 3 1/2 "in MS word and msexcel, may send a facsimile to (202) 619-8977. Thie request should clearly outline business size, brief capability statement, mailing address, point of contact, telephone and facsimile numbers, and electronic mail address. Copies of the solicitation will be mailed intil exhausted. NOTE that this solicitation will require a written narrative response. (0098)

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