This serves as a sources sought notice to locate qualified small business concerns for transportation and logistics operations research and analysis services for the Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies. This is not a solicitation and proposals should not be submitted at this time. If a solicitation is issued as a result of this announcement it is anticipated that: (1) it will be issued for a multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) task order type contract; (2) task orders typically will be technically complex requiring substantial depth of knowledge in specific disciplines as described below; (3) the value of any task order issued under this proposed ID/IQ contract will be between $100,000 and $10 million; (4) the majority of the work will not require performance on-site at the Volpe Center; and (5) the contractor must have resources to perform simultaneous tasks at multiple locations nationwide. Any interested small business source is invited to submit a written qualification statement as it relates to relevant past performance (previous or current experience for the past five (5) years) similar to the requirement. The package shall include the following: (1) Name and address of Applicant (Corporate/Principal Office); (2) Name, telephone and fax number of point of contact; (3) Date firm started; (4) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code(s); (5) Type of business (i.e., small business, small disadvantaged 8(a) certified, woman-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (not 8(a) certified); and (6) Contractor's capabilities in the following areas, including capability to provide these services at locations throughout the entire United States: 1. System Operational Performance: Assessment of transportation/logistics system performance and effectiveness. This area includes the application of theoretical and practical analysis techniques to existing and anticipated issues relating to large-scale transportation and logistics systems. 2. System and Policy Impacts: Analysis of the impacts of transportation/logistics systems and policies. This work area covers analyses of the impacts of the flow of people and goods and/or transportation/logistics systems and operations on society and the environment and the impact of government regulation on the transportation industry and enterprise. 3. Industry Analysis: Collection of transportation-related data and assessment of business and economic factors within the transportation industry. This work area covers analyses of the business and economic aspects of the transportation industry, including issues of finance, business case analysis, market analysis, supply and demand forecasting, regulatory analysis, safety and security analysis, and productivity analysis. 4. Improvement of Operational Performance: Assessment and development of transportation/logistics systems and maintenance processes and procedures. Typically, this work will include developing and applying simulation techniques, closed-form models, and systems analysis related to evaluation and design/development of transportation/logistic system operations and concepts. 5. Technological Advances: Assessment of transportation/logistics technologies and research and development needs and policies. Work in this area will include the assessment and selection of appropriate technologies available to improve current transportation and logistics operations including vehicle, guideway, command and control, maintenance, supply, scheduling and distribution systems. 6. Improvement of Organizational Performance: Assessment of organizational factors in transportation systems and analysis of strategic and process-based options to improve organizational performance. Work areas range from assessing primary organizational factors underlying strategic issues to mapping processes in enterprises? core lines of business and on to designing and implementing detailed plans to align organizational factors with strategic goals and objectives. 7. Systems Safety Analysis: Analysis of operational safety for transportation systems. This task area includes all facets of safety analysis for transportation systems including occupational health and safety analysis. 8. Regulatory and Policy Compliance Assessments: Assessment of regulatory and policy compliance status and development of corrective action strategies. This work area includes review of existing regulations and policies, assessment of existing compliance management programs and procedures, conducting compliance audits and operational assessments, and developing compliance strategies and implementation plans. All capability information shall include: Contract number; Customer (DOD agency, other Government agency, private industry); Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) name, telephone and fax numbers; contract value and type of contract; period of performance; and description of product/services. Information provided should be detailed in the area(s) above so the Government can assess the ability of the company to provide the described services. All of the information sought should be conveyed in no more than 10 pages. Page size is set at 8 ? X 11. Each response must reference the sources sought title. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541690 and the small business size standard is $6.5 million. Interested parties must respond to this announcement in writing within 15 days of publication. Telephonic requests will not be honored. All responses must be sent to Jeremy Barrasso, Contract Specialist, RTV-6D1, United States Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. E-mail responses are also acceptable; please e-mail Jeremy Barrasso at
[email protected]. All data received in response to this announcement marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected from release outside the Government in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act provisions. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. This is NOT a Request for Proposal(RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or an announcement of a solicitation, and no solicitation package exists at this time. The sources sought announcement is requested for informational purposes only. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. For information about the Volpe Center refer to the Volpe Center website at http://www.volpe.dot.gov.