82d Contracting Squadron, 136 K Avenue Ste 1, Sheppard AFB TX 76311-2739

V -- OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRAVEL SERVICES SOL F41612-97-R0258 POC LGCV/Rose Marie Fidelie, Contract Specialist, 940/676-5186; Contracting Officer -- Linda C. Little, 940/676-2230. Provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items or services necessary to perform the management and operation of the commercial travel offices located at Sheppard AFB TX, Altus AFB OK and Vance AFB OK. Estimated ticket sales per year are approximately $6,500,000. Estimated tickets processed are approximately 800 to 1,000 per month. Contractor is to provide domestic travel consisting of the following: (1) Scheduled, commuter and charter airline tickets (2) Bus tickets (3) Train tickets (4) Ship tickets to include cruises, fishing/party boat charters and ferries (5) Hotel/motel reservations (6) Car, motor-home and other vehicle rental arrangements in conjunction with other travel arrangements (7) Complete package and custom tailored tours/vacations of all types (8) Travel insurance (9) 24-hour, year-round, toll-free telephone service and international services consisting of the following: (a) Visa/passport information (b) All airline tickets of regularly scheduled carriers(c) Eurail pass tickets (d) Britrail tickets (e) Regularly scheduled passenger ships (f) Hotel reservations -- all continents (g) Charter flights (h) Complete tour/vacation packages including car rental (i) International driver's license information (j) Travel insurance. The technical criteria specified below is the minimum criteria that will be evaluated. Technical information may exceed the minimum criteria. a. Have experience and a satisfactory performance record: (1) Evidence of progressive and responsible experience, both corporate and individual. (2) Discuss prior experience acquired under other contracts which would fully substantiate ability to perform this contract for the Air Force. Emphasis should be placed on any comparable experience. All experience pertinent to illustrate performance ability should be included. The data submitted should also include agency name, number of years experience in this type of work, contract period of performance, date of award, dollar amount and a description of the service performed, along with the contract administration office's phone numbers and contract numbers. b. Provide a detailed description of the functional organization: (1) State who will perform and how the functional organization will solve any performance obstacles that may occur. Submit a detailed functional organization chart identifying supervisor assignments, responsibility and authority. (2) Discuss the experience that key personnel possess as well as their technical knowledge and understanding of the requirements to provide the required services. Discussion shall included number of years of experience and educational qualifications of each manager and personnel assigned to work on this contract. c. Understanding of the requirements: (1) Evidence the offeror understnads and is capable of performing the overall requirements. (2) Describe the offerors management abilities with regard to execution of the work. d. Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract or ability to obtain them: (1)Submit copy of current financial statement. e. Capacity to meet staffing requirements: (1) Discuss the company's ability to acquire the necessary qualified personnel to meet the proposed requirements. State source of resources, work force, composition and organization. (2) Describe qualification requirements. (3) Describe technological quality of automated system to be used. f. Name any business or corporate affiliations/memberships in professional organizations of which your company is a member. g. The proposed contract listed here is being considered for 100 percent set-aside for small business (SB) concerns. Interested SB concerns should, as early as possible, but NOT LATER THAN 22 AUG 97, indicate interest in the acquisition by providing to the contracting office the information requested above and a positive statement of eligibility as a SB concern. This information will be evaluated and used to determine competitive SB set-aside action. If adequate interest is not received from SB concerns, the solicitation will be issued as unrestricted without further notice. Therefore replies to this notice are requested from all businesses as well as from SB concerns. Requests for solicitation documents from SB's without accompanying information will be considered non-responsive to the request without further consideration. For purposes of this procurement the small business size standard is 1 million dollars in total revenues, but excluding funds received in trust for an unaffiliated third party, such as bookings or sales subject to commissions. The commissions received would be included in revenue. Official and Unofficial travel will be evaluated separately and multiple awards possible. Estimated solicitaion date is 7 Oct 97. (0224)

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