**INTERESTED PARTIES MUST REQUEST AUTOBID ACCOUNTS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BELOW** The General Services Administration (GSA) is a mandato... **INTERESTED PARTIES MUST REQUEST AUTOBID ACCOUNTS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BELOW** The General Services Administration (GSA) is a mandatory source for motor vehicles under the Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) 101-26.501. GSA will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2022 Transit Buses to be built in accordance with provided Purchase Descriptions to meet this requirement. Prospective offerors must meet minimum requirements as cited in these Purchase Descriptions for Transit Buses. The Federal Vehicle Standards are available at http://vehiclestd.fas.gsa.gov/. The contract type contemplated is a multiple-award Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (FFP/IDIQ) contract. The anticipated period of performance is sixty (60) months. It is not anticipated this acquisition will be Set-Aside for Small Business concerns; however, all qualified Small Business concerns will be encouraged to submit offers. This acquisition will be classified under NAICS code 336211 - Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing. The Small Business Size Standards can be found at https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards. Anticipated Evaluation Factors are: Price, Technical Capability, and Management Capability, with a lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) award method. Prospective Offerors: 1. Prospective offerors are required to obtain a username/password and indicate interested makes/models for GSA’s secure online proposal application (AutoBid) prior to issuance of this solicitation. A username and password is obtained by submitting the attached “Request for AutoBid Account” document, complete with all necessary information, to automotiveedi.partnerships@gsa.gov. AutoBid will NOT open for prospective offerors until the solicitation is issued. For additional information on the information to be required by AutoBid, please see the attached “AutoBid Vendor Instructions.” The finalized Purchase Descriptions will be included with the solicitation issuance. 2. AutoBid account information will be provided within ten (10) business days of your request. Please request username and password prior to the issuance of the solicitation to avoid delays. 3. Valid and current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) system is required. Please visit https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ for more information. 4. The anticipated issue date of the solicitation is the week of July 21, 2021. AutoBid will not open until the solicitation is issued. 5. GSA held a pre-solicitation conference for interested parties on May 13, 2021 and intends to hold a pre-proposal conference after release of the solicitation to discuss instructions for proposal preparation and submission, key changes from previous acquisitions, and to address any questions related to the RFP terms and conditions. Specific instructions for submitting questions related to this acquisition will be included with the solicitation package. We encourage interested firms to register on the Interested Vendors List in SAM.gov under the solicitation number. All announcements or changes to the intended publication date, the solicitation, and any other information concerning this acquisition will be conveyed via the SAM.gov website. 6. For a better understanding of the potential solicitation requirements, please review the previous years’ acquisition for this program located here: 2018 Transit Buses https://sam.gov/opp/3cae8488f9725fad193d4c1c9dcc73ba/view GSA anticipates similar proposal requirements and terms and conditions for this current requirement when the full solicitation is posted. Contracting Office Address: 1800 F Street NW Washington, District of Columbia 20405 United States Place of Performance: U.S. General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service Office of Travel, Transportation, and Logistics Office of Fleet Management 1800 F Street NW, Hub 3400 Washington, District of Columbia 20405 United States Primary Point of Contact: Craig D. Yokum Contracting Officer craig.yokum@gsa.gov Phone: (703) 605-9291 Secondary Point of Contact: Brandon J. Posey Contract Specialist brandon.posey@gsa.gov Phone: (202) 969-7787

INTERESTED PARTIES MUST REQUEST AUTOSTANDARDS ACCOUNTS BY MAY 17, 2021, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BELOW** The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Light Vehicle Acquisition Suppo... INTERESTED PARTIES MUST REQUEST AUTOSTANDARDS ACCOUNTS BY MAY 17, 2021, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BELOW** The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Light Vehicle Acquisition Support Branch invites firms interested in submitting offers under the Government’s upcoming solicitation for 2022 Transit Buses to participate in the 2022 Federal Vehicles Standards process beginning May 13, 2021. This process, conducted via GSA’s AutoStandards web application, assists GSA’s Vehicle Buying program to refine the Government’s technical requirements for these transit buses. Vehicle types being sought by the Government for the Transit Bus program include: Medium/Heavy Transit Buses: 40’ 34 PAX Diesel, 40’ 34 PAX CNG, 40’ 34 PAX Diesel-Hybrid, 40’ 39 PAX Battery Electric, 60’ 46 PAX Battery Electric, 40’ 39 PAX HD LF Hydrogen Fuel Cell, 60’ 46 PAX HD LF Hydrogen Fuel Cell, 40’ 39 PAX HD LF Battery Electric - Zion NP, and 60’ 42-46 PAX HD LF Battery Electric - Zion NP All potential models must first be created and technical data provided to GSA during the AutoStandards process. Due to Systems limitations, there will not be an opportunity to submit alternative models after the release of the solicitation. Prospective offerors may choose to submit proposals under any model created during the AutoStandards process before the solicitation is issued, but all prospective offerors will be limited to these models based on the technical data submitted and refined during AutoStandards. AutoBid is GSA’s price proposal submission system offerors will use to submit price proposals. Once the final solicitation is released, offerors will submit pricing information in AutoBid on only the models pre-established during AutoStandards. Additional information will be provided during the Pre-Solicitation Conference. The General Services Administration is the mandatory source for non-tactical vehicles purchased in the United States under the Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) 101-26.501. GSA's Vehicle Purchasing Division purchases non-tactical vehicles annually for Federal Executive Agencies and the Department of Defense. All GSA vehicle purchases are governed by program specific Federal Vehicle Standards, which are assimilated by GSA Engineering personnel prior to solicitation publication. The AutoStandards process engages interested parties to provide technical data for vehicles to be potentially offered to the Government in response to these forthcoming solicitations and to assist in development of the Federal Vehicles Standards for the current model year and specific program. As noted above, all prospective models must be established during the AutoStandards process in order to be included in AutoBid once the final solicitation is released. Please note, GSA is NOT requesting pricing at this time. GSA is currently only in the requirements refinement phase of the acquisition. Interested parties must complete the following steps prior to May 17, 2021, in order to participate: 1) Interested parties are required to request an AutoStandards account no later than May 17, 2021. A user name and password is obtained by submitting the attached “Request for AutoStandards Account” document, complete with all necessary information, to automotiveedi.partnerships@gsa.gov. GSA intends to open AutoStandards on Thursday May 13, 2021, and close it for vendor technical data submission on Friday, June 4, 2021. 2) Interested parties must submit all models for consideration to John Hampson, GSA Vehicle Engineer Branch Chief, at john.hampson@gsa.gov by May 17, 2021. Please see the attached proposed Purchase Descriptions as a starting point to identify any exceptions with your firm’s submission. GSA will hold a virtual Pre-Solicitation Conference on Thursday, May 13, 2021, from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT to review these instructions as well as an AutoStandards tutorial. All interested parties should attend. The meeting info is as follows: ***NOTICE - This Pre-Solicitation Conference will be recorded*** FY2022 Transit Buses Pre-Solicitation Conference Thursday May 13, 2021 · 11:00am – 1:00pm Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/ixc-wxwr-swf Or dial: (US) +1 650-597-3434 PIN: 249 539 323# For a better understanding of the potential solicitation requirements, please review previous years’ acquisition history located here: 2018 Transit Bus Program https://beta.sam.gov/opp/3cae8488f9725fad193d4c1c9dcc73ba/view GSA anticipates similar proposal requirements and terms and conditions, though full solicitation terms will be released in the summer of 2021 under a separate notice. GSA looks forward to your firm’s participation in the 2022 Transit Bus Program. For additional information please contact GSA’s Vehicle Purchasing Division at 844-472-1200 or by email at vehicle.buying@gsa.gov. ***************************UPDATE May 13, 2021********************************* GSA held the Pre-Solicitation Conference today as scheduled and the Recording of the conference and the Powerpoint Slidedeck have been attached to this notice for all interested paties. Please note that the Question and Answer period of the conference was conducted at the end, which can be located at 1:28:28 on the recording. Additional documents (showing AutoStandards Minimum Requirements and Options and Schedule of Items to Date) are attached as well.