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X -- LEASE OR RENTAL OF FACILITIES, HOTEL SUITES FOR S/A TRAINEES SOL RFQ-98-Q-11 DUE 011698 POC D. White 202/435-6940 Note this multiple award Request for Quotes (RFQ), will be a combined synopsis/solicitation and will be accomplished in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 12.301(b)(3) Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, Part 16.703 Basic Ordering Agreements, Part 16.5 Multiple Awards, Part 16.509 Indefinite Quantities and FAR Clause 52.233-1 Disputes Clause. The following FAR Clauses are applicable unless otherwise noted: 52.212-1 and 52.212-4. The associated Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) is 7011 @ $5.0 million. This action is restricted as a 100% Small Business Set-aside. Please note, this announcement constitutes the solicitation; quotations are being requested and a formal written solicitation package will not be issued. Solicitation 98-Q-11 is issued as a Request for Quotes, with the anticipation of awarding multiple Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) and/or suites for classes 154, 155 and 156. All references to "offers" are understood to be "quotations". The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Regulation, dated June 1997. For hotels not previously included in the BOA, all the following information is requested in addition to bids on classes 154, 155 and 156. For hotels already included in the BOA, bids are requested for classes 154, 155 and 156 only. No other data is required. Hotel suites are required for Special Agent Trainees. Each Special Agent Trainee Class (SATC) consists of approximately twenty-four (24) trainees, who require housing during the SATC courses. Each SATC class of approximately twenty-four (24) trainees shall be housed in the same hotel. Training is conducted at U. S. Secret Service facilities located at 1310 L Street, N. W., Washington DC (1310 L) and the James J. Rowley Training Center, 9200 Powder Mill Road, Laurel, MD (JJRTC). The following requirements are compulsory and offerors not meeting each of these specifications shall not receive further consideration. Hotel suites shall have a separate bedroom (one bedroom suite), and a separate living/study area, with seating accommodations for at least four (4) individuals. The suites shall, at a minimum, be equipped with kitchens with a refrigerator and cooking facilities which include a stove and microwave. The SATC class is currently eleven (11) weeks in duration. However, there is a possibility that the training sessions may be extended from eleven (11) to twelve (12) weeks in duration. No two (2) concurrent SATC classes may be housed at the same time in the same hotel. This BOA will be restricted to the District of Columbia. Hotels wishing to compete shall be located within a 10-minute walk of the U. S. Secret Service Training Center, 1310 L Street, N. W., Washington, DC. Hotels outside the 10-minute walking parameter shall transport the students via bus and transport time shall be within a 10-minute time frame. Selections for vendors not previously selected under Multiple Award, Basic Ordering Agreement 98-Q-04, will be accomplished by pre-qualifying offerors who meet the following compulsory evaluation criteria and those stated above: Hotels shall have twenty-four (24) hour security to include all parking areas, provide telecommunications/faxing services. The U. S. Secret Service reserves the right to make site visits. U. S. Secret Service Representatives will meet with Hotel management representatives, tour the suites and clock the travel time prior to qualification approval of each offeror. Offerors meeting the evaluation criteria will then be placed in a qualified pool. Sessions including transportation will then be competed among qualifying hotels. Award of future selections will then be based on the overall lowest price. It is anticipated that competition for all future SATC requirements will be held approximately ninety (90) to one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the start dates of each SATC course requirements to be held. The U. S. Secret Service reserves the right to inspect facilities. ALL CLIN's SHALL BE MANDATORY. Offerors are requested to submit pricing per unit/day, including transportation, and the overall total price per each CLIN. Pricing shall be submitted in the same manner for both eleven (11) and twelve (12) week sessions. CLIN-0001, Hotel Suites, eleven (11) weeks, seventy-seven (77) days in duration; Quantity: twenty-four (24) suites each, price per day; price based on seventy-seven (77) days. CLIN-0002, Hotel Suites, twelve (12) weeks, eighty-four (84) days in duration; Quantity: twenty-four (24) suites each, price per day; price based on eighty-four (84) days. CLIN-0003, Round-trip transportation from the hotel to 1310 L and return. Eleven (11) week session, approximately thirty-five (35) travel days per session; price per day round-trip; price per day based on thirty-five (35) travel days. CLIN-0004, Round-trip transportation, from the hotel to 1310 L and return. Twelve (12) week session, approximately forty (40) travel days per session; price per day round-trip; price per day based on forty (40) travel days. CLIN-0005, Round-trip transportation from the hotel to JJRTC and return to the hotel. Eleven (11) week session, approximately thirty-five (35) travel days per session; price per day round-trip; price per day based on thirty-five (35) travel days. CLIN-0006, Round-trip transportation, from the hotel to JJRTC and return. Twelve (12) week session, approximately forty (40) travel days per session; price per day round-trip; price per day based on forty (40) travel days. TRAVEL IS APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Class Schedule being solicited with this announcement. Tentative training dates as follows: (1) SATC 154 and SATC 155 -- 03/16/98 through 06/03/98; Eleven and one-half (11-1/2) weeks in duration with thirty-five (35) travel days to 1310 L and thirty-eight (38) travel days to JJRTC; (2) SATC 156 -- 04/20/98 through 07/03/98; Eleven (11) weeks in duration with thirty-five (35) travel days to 1310 L and thirty-five (35) travel days to JJRTC. All BOA's will be ordered via delivery order. Payment procedures: Hotels will invoice on a bi-weekly basis, stating SATC course number and trainee's name and dates applicable. Payment shall be made via ACH/Electronic Transfer. Other Government agencies may be added to participate under this BOA at a later date. Other hotels meeting the compulsory requirements may be added to this BOA during the period of performance. The BOA shall not state or imply any agreement by the Government to place future contracts with the participants or to restrict competition. Period of performance will be date of award for a period of twelve (12) months, with two (2) option years of twelve (12) months each, for a potential total of thirty-six (36) months duration. Award anticipated on or about 01/21/98. See Numbered Note 22. (0008)

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