V -- Contracted Travel Office Services at Yokota Air Base in Japan (Revised)

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items or services necessary to perform the management and operation of contracted travel offices located at Yokota Air Base in Japan. The Contractor shall provide travel services, such as making reservations of air flights, auto rental and lodging reservations, ticketing and management report requirements, etc for Appropriated Fund (APF) official travels, NAFI (Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality) official travels, and leisure in conjunction with official (LICWO) travels. The combined estimated annual dollar volume is $4.1 million for APF, NAFI, and LICWO. The period of performance is anticipated to be one-year basic period with three (3) one-year and/or six (6) six-months options, for a total four (4) years. The anticipated performance start date is 1 Sep 04. Offerors will propose an air travel discount percentage fee for APF, NAFI, and LICWO travels. The discount fee is based on total official purchases for all modes including travels for air, auto rental, loading, bus, and Japanese rails, but reflected as a percentage of air fares. Award will be made to the offeror whose offer will be best value to the Government considering the evaluation factors stated in the solicitation. The solicitation is exempted from set-aside for small business for all travel services. A draft solicitation will be issued around 15 Mar 04. Approximate issue date for the final solicitation is 15 May 04. Any such solicitation will be issued to all firms who respond in writing to this synopsis. A pre-proposal conference/site visit is scheduled for 1 Jun 04 at Yokota AB, Japan. Firms wishing to attend are requested to respond in writing to this synopsis by15 May 04 to Ms Misuzu Sugiyama, Contract Specialist, by fax or e-mail. Commercial fax number is 011-81-42-551-0973 or 011-81-31175-59908, email address is [email protected].