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V -- REGULARY SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES. SOL DE-RP01-97AD63278 DUE 112697 POC Ron W. Barnes, Contract Specialist, (202) 426-0089 The contractor will provide reularly scheduled bus services and unscheduled bus services for the Department of Energy (DOE). The bus services will include the route running between DOE facilities in Germantown, Maryland and Washington, D.C. These services will be provided on a daily regular schedule. This service requires that the contractor provide two buses and back-up bus capability. All buses for scheduled service must have a minimum of capacity of 35 passengers or 45-48 passenger bus with tag axle/boogie wheel. All buses must be equipped with a lavatory. The buses to be used under this contract must be no older than three years from the date of manufacture during the term of the contract. The Statement of Work will require on-call unscheduled bus service for buses with a capacity of 45-48 passengers. The period of performance for this acquisition will be for three years, this includes a one year base period and two-one year options. The solicitation, expected to be released on or about October 30,1997, will be a Request For Proposals (RFP) and is being procured on an unrestricted basis. Offerors will be required to make an oral presentation of their capabilities based on the evaluation criteria. Offerors will also be required to demonstrate their capability to provide scheduled and unscheduled equipment and present the equipment at the DOE Germantown, Maryland facility for inspection. Copies of the solicitation will only be available by downloading from the Internet from the "Current Business Opportunities at Headquarters Procurement Services" home page located at address http://www.pr.doe.gov/solicit.html. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Prospective offerors that do not have the electronic capability to download the solicitation shall submit a written request (NO FAX) to the Document Control Specialist (HR-543) for a diskette (Contractor Provided) copy of the solicitation. The requestor must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and MS-DOS formatted high density 3 1/2" virus free diskette suitable for download of the electronic solicitation. Offerors who fail to submit an appropriate diskette, or self-addressed stamped envelope, will not receive the solicitation. It is the responsibility of prospective offerors, after receipt of solicitation, to notify the Document Control Specialist of their intent to propose. Without such notification, prospective offerors will not be informed when admendments and other solicitation-related information is posted on the Internet. (0282)

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