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V -- DOD OFFICIAL AND LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES SOL DAMT01-97-R-1003 DUE 082297 POC Points of Contact, DTS Team Chief, Lexine V. Arthur, 703-681-7891; Contracting Officer, Francis A. Giordano, 703-681-3515 WEB: http://www.dtic.mil/travelink/, http://www.dtic.mil/travelink/. E-MAIL: giordanof@baileys-emh5.army.mil, arthurl@baileys-emh5.army.mil. The Department of Defense (DoD) has scheduled the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Defense Travel System (DTS) requirement to provide all personnel, equipment, material, integration and all other items and services required to deliver official and leisure travel services to Department of Defense sites within the area known as Defense Travel Region 6 (DTR 6) and consisting of the following 11 states: ND, SD, MN, NE IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, IN, and KY. This includes approximately 200,000 DoD travelers. The objective of the DTS is to provide a seamless, paperless, integrated process that meets the needs of travelers by providing the full range of travel services at an overall cost savings to the Government. Travel services will be acquired by competing both official and leisure travel service requirements within the single solicitation with the potential for award of each to separate offerors. In addition, the DTR 6 contractor for official travel services shall provide and deploy to DoD travelers,and follow-on travel management services contractors, worldwide on an incremental schedule over a three year period, an automated common user interface (CUI) that facilitates the official travel management services being solicited. Travel management services include all traditional commercial travel office arrangements. This RFP supersedes all previous drafts (which used the RFP number DAHC22-96-R-0004) and related industry questions. The final RFP will be available at the DTS Website: http://www.dtic.mil/travelink/ as of 30 Jun 97. The RFP and all attachments appendices and related information will be available only through that address. The Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price Requirement type contract(s) for a two (2) year base period and three (3) one (1) year option periods. The SIC Code is 4724 with annual size standard of $1,000,000. Large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan which meets the requirement of the Small Business Act. If a large business, the offeror must contractually agree that small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small business concerns shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contract performance consistent with its subcontracting plan. The government encourages large businesses to participate in the Mentor-Protege Program. Responses must be submitted in conformity with the requirements defined in Section L of the RFP: INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS. Date and location of the Pre-proposal conference will be announced no later than 9 July, 1997. Offerors are expected to present an oral presentation, demonstration and a written proposal. Oral presentations and demonstrations shall be scheduled after the receipt of written proposals. Written proposal shall be submitted in hard copy form on company letterhead and signed by corporate officer. Facsmile/Electronic responses will not be accepted. Responses shall be submitted no later than 4:00 PM on 22 August, 1997, to HQ, MTMC, Room 307, Attn: MTAQ-AT (Ms. Lexine V. Arthur), 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-5050. *Note: Defense Procurement and finance policies issued February 10, 1997, require contractors to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) by September 30, 1997, for consideration of future solicitations, awards, and payment. Request a CCR application by calling 1-888-CCR-2423. (0164)

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