**INTERESTED PARTIES MUST REQUEST AUTOSTANDARDS ACCOUNTS PRIOR TO AUTOSTANDARDS OPENING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BELOW** The General Services Administration's (GSA) Automotive Acquisition Support Center invites firms interested in submitting offers under the Government's upcoming solicitations for 2020 Light Vehicles, Light Duty Vocational Trucks, and Star of Life Ambulances to participate in the 2020 Federal Vehicles Standards process beginning March 4, 2019. This process, conducted via GSA's AutoStandards web application, assists GSA's Vehicle Buying program to develop the Government's technical requirements for motor vehicles. Vehicle types being sought by the Government for this program include, but are not limited to: - Sedans and Passenger Station Wagons - Cargo and Passenger Vans - Sport Utility Vehicles (crossovers and full-size) - Pickup trucks - Cab & Chassis - Vocational Trucks (to include box vans, stake bed trucks and light-duty dump trucks) - Star of Life Ambulances The General Services Administration is the mandatory source for vehicles purchased in the United States under the Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) 101-26.501. GSA's Vehicle Purchasing Division purchases an estimated 50,000 new model year non-tactical vehicles for Federal Executive Agencies and the Department of Defense annually. 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. Participation in the AutoStandards process is highly encouraged for all firms seeking to participate under GSA Vehicle Buying solicitations. Please note, GSA is NOT requesting pricing at this time . GSA is currently only in the requirements development phase of the acquisition. Interested parties must complete the following steps prior to AutoStandards opening (March 4, 2019) in order to participate: 1) Interested parties must send a list of makes/models they intend to submit for consideration to John Hampson, GSA Vehicle Engineer Branch Chief, at
[email protected] by February 26, 2019 . Please see the attached "Current Active Models" as a starting point and identify any deletions or additions with your firm's submission. These model lists are necessary for GSA to establish them in our database so they will be available in AutoStandards for technical data population. 2) Interested partties are required to request an AutoStandards account by February 26, 2019 . A user name and password is obtained by submitting the attached "Request for AutoStandards Account" document, complete with all necessary information, to
[email protected] . Once the models are established/created, GSA will reach out to the firms that requested AutoStandards accounts to confirm the makes/models for the technical data submission. Please indicate the specific program (Light Vehicles, Light Duty Vocational Trucks, or Star of Life Ambulances) in which your firm is interested on the document provided. GSA intends to open AutoStandards on Monday, March 4, 2019, and close it for vendor technical data submission on Thursday, March 21, 2019. GSA will hold a virtual Pre-Solicitation Conference on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, from 10:00am-12:00pm EST to review these instructions as well as an AutoStandards tutorial. All interested parties should plan on attending. The meeting info is as follows: meet.google.com/art-ywfc-tbj +1 614-568-4820 PIN: 310142# For a better understanding of the potential solicitation requirements, please review previous years' acquisition history located here: 2019 Light Vehicles https://www.fbo.gov/notices/07fbd68d9240f33d257b7abf652b207b 2019 Light Duty Vocational Trucks https://www.fbo.gov/notices/4f199e36e4833fea2d8880bc12d70676 2018 Light Vehicles https://www.fbo.gov/notices/f6e841d66d685edcb221765b21361506 2017 Light Duty Vocational Trucks https://www.fbo.gov/notices/5641a2abacc699bab241f26cb4bc76ce 2017 Light Vehicles https://www.fbo.gov/notices/10a8e9c7212af70785f764dc85e25f67 2017 Star of Life Ambulances https://www.fbo.gov/notices/d5a4977611ad9432c033fabdde8377db GSA anticipates similar proposal requirements and terms and conditions, though full RFP terms will be released in summer 2019 under a separate notice. GSA looks forward to your firm's participation in the 2020 Federal Standards for Light Vehicles, Light Duty Vocational Trucks, and Star of Life Ambulances. For additional information please contact GSA's Vehicle Purchasing Division at 844-472-1200 or by email at
[email protected] .