Bus Charter Transportation Services

This combined synopsis/solicitation requires the contractor to provide bus charter transportation services for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) located at 1300 W. Richey Avenue, Artesia, New Mexico. Approximately seven (7) trips per week will be required. These trips will include transportation of students to and from the FLETC, Artesia, New Mexico to Airports such as Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Paso, TX; and Lubbock, TX to pick up/drop off students. Typical trips fall on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Contractor will be notified within 24 hours notice of the scheduled pickup/departure timeframe. Total number of students transported per trip will range from 12 to 50 passengers per trip. Buses must be heated, cooled and provide working restroom facilities onboard. Buses used for transports may not be more than five years old and in excellent mechanical condition. Contractor shall be responsible for all transportation expenses including fuel, maintenance, preventive maintenance, insurance, licensure, vehicle registration, etc. Security: Prime Contractors and all personnel employed by the Prime Contractor, including subcontractors, in the performance of this contract, or any representative of the Prime Contractor entering the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) shall abide by all FLETC security regulations which may be in effect during the contract period. Any such individual(s) shall be subject to those security inspections which may be deemed necessary by the FLETC to ensure that no security violations occur during the course of the contract. It shall be the Prime Contractor's responsibility to ensure that each applicant who is expected to be working on FLETC facilities or that requires routine access to FLETC facilities shall provide specific information on specific forms in order to undergo a suitability determination, and when so deemed, a security background investigation as required for access to the FLETC, and in some cases a security clearance. The required forms will be provided to the Prime Contractor upon contract award. The FLETC reserves the right and prerogative to deny and/or restrict the facility and information access of any Contractor employee whose actions are in conflict with the standards of conduct, 5 CFR 2635. All of the above to be in accordance with Wage Determination No. 2005-2511 Rev. No. 10. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center intends to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement for the period of October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. Contractors are to provide round trip pricing for each Airport. The following clauses are hereby incorporated: FAR Clauses 213-1 Instruction to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52-212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders-Commercial Items. The following clauses are checked: 52.219-28, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-39, 52.222-41, 52.222-50, 52.225-1, 52.225-13 and 52.232-33. Other applicable clauses are FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds and HSAR 3052.209-70 Prohibition with Contracts with Corporate Expatriates (Jun 2006). To view clauses in full text, visit http://www.acqnet.gov/far. Offerors must be approved and registered in the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) and registered at https://orca.bpn.gov. Lack of registration in the CCR will make an offeror ineligible for award. Responses must be submitted NLT 4:30 p.m. MST on September 9, 2009. Send responses to Cynthia Ybarra, FLETC, 1300 W. Richey Avenue, Bldg. 4, Artesia, NM 88210, or by facsimile to +1 (555) 000-0000 (Attn: Cynthia Ybarra), or by email to contact@example.gov. All questions and responses must be in writing (either by fax or email).