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 services for Traffic Management Systems Engineering and Development Support (TMSEDS). The solicitation will be competed on an unrestricted, full and open basis to all qualified offerors. The Government's intention is that multiple contract awards will be made from this solicitation. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation and the solicitation will be issued on an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) basis with the ability to issue firm fixed price, cost-plus-fixed-fee completion, and cost-plus-fixed-fee term task orders. The term of the ordering period of the resulting contract will be five (5) years from the date of award. The successful contractors will provide services in the following task areas of TMSEDS: 1. Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems; 2. Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems; 3. Communication Systems; 4. Autonomous Operations and Remote Sensing Systems (AORSS); and 5. System Engineering. Additionally, the successful contractors must have the capability and/or resources to provide technical support to the TMSEDS program simultaneously at work sites throughout the United States and internationally. The TMSEDS contracts will be one of the successor contracts to the Traffic Management Infrastructure Systems (TMIS) Support contracts awarded by the Volpe Center in 2011. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 - Engineering Services, with a small business size standard of 15.0 million. The estimated release date of the solicitation will be on or about February, 2016. Proposals will be due approximately 81 calendar days following the issuance of the solicitation. It is anticipated that a pre-proposal Webinar will be held in February/March 2016. Complete details of the pre-proposal Webinar will be provided in 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 prepatory work is required so that its accounting system will be approved should the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) be engaged to perform the review. There is considerable information available which outlines the accounting system requirements and audit. The DCAA website http://www.dcaa.mil includes information on the DCAA audit program describing the audit process and it includes helpful references. Go to "Guidance" and "Checklists and Tools" for information on accounting systems. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue request for proposal (RFP) and amendments to RFP. Paper copies will not be made available. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website: http://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 synopsis and any documentation received will not be returned to the sender. Prospective Offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitation posting and availability for downloading must register on the FBO website. Offerors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments, and other notices, it is their responsibility to provide an accurate and complete email address to the Government. The Government will make no additional effort to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the email address provided. For questions regarding the final solicitation, contact the Contract Specialist in writing by email at camille.hogan@dot.gov. ANY INQUIRIES VIA TELEPHONE WILL NOT BE HONORED. All contractors are reminded that all entity records from the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) were moved to the System for Acquisition Management (SAM). All contractors must be registered in SAM in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to review and obtain information about the registration process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of the Representations and Certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the earliest within SAM and must be completed in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs); The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov/.
