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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION HE1254-24-R-GUAM DoDEA STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN GUAM In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, the Department of Defense Education Activity (Do... REQUEST FOR INFORMATION HE1254-24-R-GUAM DoDEA STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN GUAM In accordance with 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 Daily Commute (DC) and Special Education (SPED) transportation services in support of DoDEA-Pacific West District schools located on the island of Guam. The requirement consists of servicing 3 school zones on the island (reference map attachment): 1. McCool Schools Zone – covers the south region of Guam. There are two (2) schools: McCool Elementary and McCool Middle, requiring approximately five (5) bus routes. 2. Andersen Schools Zone – covers the north side of the island. There are another two (2) schools (Andersen Elementary and Andersen Middle), requiring approximately eleven (11) bus routes. 3.Guam High School Zone – encompasses both north and south regions of the island, requiring approximately twelve (12) bus routes. As part of this RFI, please respond to the following four (4) questions: (1) Would you be more likely to make an offer if the requirement was split into three smaller contracts for each zone, instead of just one contract to cover the entire island/all three zones? Each zone would be offered independently from one another, with prospective offerors submitting proposals for a single, a combination, or all three (3) zones. (2) Approximately how many months of lead time to have assets (buses, vehicles) transported to Guam and ready to begin performance do you estimate? (3) In addition to two (2) contract managers per contract (must be physically located in Guam), the requirement is to provide one (1) Student Transportation Office assistant per Zone, to assist in each of the three Student Transportation offices. Would your company be able to meet this requirement for administrative assistance personnel? (4) If your company has existing vehicles such as tour/charter buses, etc., would you be able obtain equipment that can be attached/detached temporarily in order to meet the legal student bus requirements listed below? For example, the required red blinking lights could beput on with magnets or clamps, in order to remove them when not in student transportation service. This would also be the case for the signage required; it could be a magnetic sign, for example, that could be removed when not needed. NOTE: per Guam statute referenced below, school buses are not required to be painted yellow. Also, the stop signs (arms) are not required, per instructions from GDOT. Below are excerpts from 16 GCA Vehicles, Ch. 3 General Provisions, Article 2- 4/6/2022: § 3201. Vehicle Lights. (e) Every school bus upon the public highway shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this Act, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to the front two (2) alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, and to the rear, two (2) alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, and which red signals shall emit a red light plainly visible under normal atmospheric conditions for a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the rear or the front of such vehicle. SOURCE: GC § 23104, enacted by P.L. 1-088; Subsection (e) added by P.L. 6-031. Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 24-120:1. § 3336. Passing Passenger Carriers (b) Every school bus, when operated for the transportation of school pupils, shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly visible sign containing the words “School Bus – Stop” in letters not less than eight (8) inches in height and of proportionate width. No vehicle, other than a school bus, shall display such sign. SOURCE: GC § 23130, enacted by P.L. 1-088. Subsection (d) added by P.L. 31-051:2 (May 23, 2011). The period of performance for these services has an anticipated start date of 1 August 2024. 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), nor 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 company can provide answers, comments, or insights for one or more of these questions, please submit your answers in writing. Please include your company’s name, business mailing address, email address, point of contact, and telephone number and submit electronically to david.infante@dodea.edu and john.o.myers@dodea.edu, no later than 08 March 2024. Please state “HE1254-24-R-GUAM” in the subject line. Telephone calls regarding this RFI will not be accepted. For this acquisition, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 485410, School and Employee Bus Transportation; Size Standard, $30.0M; 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 due 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.