Lielvarde Shuttle Bus

This contract is a Firm Fixed Price agreement for shuttle transportation services at Forward Operating Site Lielvarde in Latvia, structured as a one-year base period with two optional six-month extensions, totaling up to 24 months of potential performance. The contractor must operate 50-passenger shuttle buses on fixed weekday, weekend, and holiday routes with up to five stops, ensuring 97% on-time performance and less than 3% delayed pickups, while maintaining full vehicle maintenance and operational compliance with Latvian host nation laws, FOS Lielvarde Standard Operating Procedures, and U.S. Department of Defense directives. All personnel must hold a National Agency Check with Inquiries clearance, be cleared by Latvian authorities, be Latvian, EU, or NATO citizens, and not have traveled to Belarus or Russia within the prior year. Contractors must provide visibly marked vehicles with “Lielvarde Air Base Shuttle” signage and require all staff to wear official ID badges that are collected upon contract termination. Key personnel, including a primary and alternate contract manager fluent in English, must be designated within five days of award and available during extended daily hours including weekends and holidays. The contract mandates completion of Anti-Terrorism Level I training by all personnel within 30 days of hire, with certificates submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative. The Government retains unlimited rights to all deliverables and prohibits contractors from using contract-related information for marketing purposes. Performance is evaluated solely on technical acceptability and lowest price through a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology, with no numerical weights assigned to non-cost factors. Invoicing and payment must occur exclusively through the Wide Area WorkFlow system, and all submissions require compliance with federal acquisition regulations including safeguarding covered defense information, combating human trafficking, prohibiting procurement from entities associated with the Maduro regime or Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and reporting compensation of former DoD officials. The contractor must submit an organizational conflict of interest mitigation plan if any potential conflicts arise, and must comply with strict documentation requirements including daily sign-in rosters, maintenance logs, and a Quality Control Plan retained for five years post-completion. No Government-furnished property or facilities are provided, and the place of performance for service delivery is defined as Lielvarde, though inspection and acceptance occur at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The solicitation number is W912PB26QA095 with a response deadline of July 31, 2026, and no small business