Monitoring and Technical Assistance Support (MTAS)

Pre-Solicitation Notice Number: 6913G6-18-SN-0002 Classification Code: R- Professional, administrative, and management support services NAICS Code: 541330 - Engineering Services Agency/Office: Office of the Secretary (OST) Location: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Title: Monitoring and Technical Assistance Support (MTAS) Full and Open (F&0) Description(s): The U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, intends to issue a solicitation for professional services for Monitoring and Technical Assistance Support (MTAS). The Systems Safety and Engineering Division at the Volpe Center supports the effort of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to provide administration and oversight of its grants and loans, including the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program, the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant program (now the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program, and the Amtrak grants program. The intent of this pre-solicitation notice is to notify industry the Volpe Center is seeking to obtain professional services support for Volpe Center sponsor work on an unrestricted Full and Open (F&O) competitive basis to all qualified offerors, with the intent of establishing a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract(s). This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The resulting contract(s) will be an ID/IQ vehicle with a minimum guarantee and with a combination of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) and CostPlusFixedFee (CPFF) term task orders. The estimated period of performance will not exceed five years. The MTAS contract(s) awardee(s) will be the successor(s) to the Monitoring and Technical Assistance Contracts (MTAC) contracts awarded by the Volpe Center in 2013. The small business size standard associated with the designated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541330 Engineering Services is $15 million. The estimated release date of the final solicitation will be on or about August 24, 2018. Proposals will be due approximately thirty (30) calendar days following the issuance of the solicitation. In accordance with FAR Subpart 16.306 (c), a Prime Contractor is not eligible to receive a cost reimbursement contract or a task order award unless its accounting system has been reviewed by a Government audit agency and determined by the CO to be adequate for determining costs under a cost reimbursement contract. The sole responsibility rests with the Offeror to perform whatever preparatory work is required so that its accounting system will be approved should the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) be engaged to perform the review. The DCAA website www.dcaa.mil includes information on the DCAA audit program describing the audit process and it includes helpful references for vendors. Go to "Guidance" and "Checklists and Tools" for information on accounting systems. All questions regarding the audit process should be requested directly to DCAA. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue the solicitation as a Request for Proposal (RFP). Paper copies will not be made available. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of these documents are not available and no hard copies will be mailed. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this Pre-Solicitation Notice and any documentation received will not be returned to the sender. Interested parties desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation posting and availability for downloading must register directly on www.fbo.gov. It is the Offeror(s)' responsibility to provide an accurate and complete email address when registering on www.fbo.gov. The Government will make no additional effort to deliver information when the system indicates transmissions cannot be delivered to the email address provided. For questions regarding the final solicitation, contact the CO in writing via email at contact@example.gov. ANY INQUIRIES VIA TELEPHONE WILL NOT BE HONORED. Contracting Officer: Heather Simpson, contact@example.gov, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142