DODEA - Student Transportation Bus Safety Aide and Bus Safety Attendant Program - Puerto Rico

HE1254-23-R-Puerto Rico

DoDEA-Puerto Rico Daily Commute and Special Needs Student Transportation Service - Puerto Rico

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 Student Transportation Bus Safety Aide (Special Needs) and Bus Attendant Services, in support of DoDEA's school populations in Puerto Rico Community Schools: Antilles Elementary School, Antilles Middle School, and Antilles High School at Fort Buchanan in San Juan, PR, and Ramey Unit School, located in Aguadilla, PR.

Prospective contractor(s) shall provide all personnel for Transportation Safety Attendants and Transportation Special Education (SPED) Aides services, necessary to safely transport DoDEA students and other authorized individuals. This service may require specialized equipment to provide transportation for a student with disabilities. All services shall follow all the Federal, State, and Department of Defense requirements for student transportation. School buses will be provided by the government in support of this contract.

The period of performance for these services, with an anticipated start date of 1 August 2023, will include a base period with four (4) 12-month option periods.

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, Duns & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and Commercial And Government Entity/NATO Code (CAGE/NCAGE).

Submissions and inquiries must be sent electronically to John.Grimes@dodea.edu and David.Infante@dodea.edu no later than 16:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 12 March 2023. Vendor's e-mail message shall state HE1254-23-R-Puerto Rico 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, $16.5M; 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 submitted in order 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.