DoDEA-Europe Daily Commute AND Special Needs Student Transportation Service – Livorno, Naples, and Sigonella, Italy

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)-SOURCES SOUGHT

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Procurement Office is currently conducting market research to identify companies capable of and qualified to provide Daily Commute (DC) and/or Special Needs (SPEN/SPED) bus transportation services in support of the Livorno, Naples, and Sigonella Military Communities, DoDEA-Europe South District, Italy.

Prospective contractor(s) shall provide all personnel (management, drivers, safety attendants/aides), supervision, services, vehicles, adaptive seat devices, and equipment necessary to transport students and other authorized individuals safely to and from their designated schools and alternate sites for classes and authorized school activities, to include after-school activity runs, career practicum, or other curricular shuttle runs. Contracted services shall comply with all the DoDEA and Host Nation requirements for student transportation.

The period of performance for these services has an anticipated start date of 1 August 2024. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for conducting market research and does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Quotations (RFQ), and does not obligate the Government to any current or future commitments. The Government will not pay/reimburse any costs or charges resulting from contractors' responses to this RFI.

If your firm is interested, capable, and qualified to provide these services in one or more of these areas, please submit written information supporting this capability and identify which area your firm would be interested in. Capability statements shall consist of no more than 3 pages and include a cover page with the company's name, business mailing address, point of contact, telephone number, Unique Entity ID (UEI), Commercial And Government Entity/NATO Code (CAGE/NCAGE) and Company's website address/Uniform Resource Location (URL).

Submissions and inquiries must be sent electronically to adwoa.essel-akoli@dodea.edu and Marcia.Lee@dodea.edu no later than 10:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 07 December 2023. Vendor's e-mail message shall state HE1254-24-R-ITALY in the subject line. Telephone calls regarding this RFI will not be accepted.

For the purpose of this acquisition, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 485410, School and Employee Bus Transportation; Size Standard, $30M; and Product Service Code, V222 Transportation/Travel/Relocation Travel/Lodging/Recruitment: Passenger Motor Charter.

Please note that vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time an offer/quotation/proposal is due to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements. Therefore, only businesses with an active SAM registration will be eligible to receive any resultant contract(s) with the Department of Defense Education Activity.