V -- TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Notice Date

March 27, 2001

Contracting Office

National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, 6011 Executive Blvd., Rockville, Maryland 20892-7260

ZIP Code

20892-7260

Solicitation Number

263-01-P(BN)-0073

Point of Contact

Foteni T. Tiffany, Contracting Officer, 301-402-3079

Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research Services (ORS), has a requirement for the providing and management of (1) parking services to more than 17,000 employees at the NIH Bethesda Campus, the many companies who do business with NIH, its numerous visitors from around the world, and patients; (2) shuttle services to transport employees and patients around the NIH campus and to several locations off-campus; and (3) parking permit and transportation services program for NIH employees. The NIH intends to enter into a contract for these services. The contract will be implemented in two phases. The first phase will include shuttle bus services for employees and patients and parking management. The second phase, which will begin in Fiscal Year 2003, will include the administration of parking permits processing and employee services. Parking requirements include the management of approximately 8000 employee spaces and 700 visitor spaces as follows: 1. Attendant assisted parking, where employees and visitors self-park in tandem and aisle spaces and leave their car keys with attendants. Attendants then move vehicles as necessary to allow others to depart. 2. Install, control and maintain revenue equipment (including parking meters). 3. Operate parking facilities including cashier booths. 4. Provide signage (lot identification, rates, user identification). 5. Provide information maps and brochures. 6. Provide weekly and monthly management reports. Shuttle Bus Services include the following: 1. Provide continuous passenger bus service for employees around the NIH campus, to and from satellite locations in Bethesda and Rockville, on a daily basis from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. weekdays excluding federal holidays. 2. Equipment required: vehicle fleet (number of buses, sizes and age); bus stops with shelters; maps and schedules 3. Conduct periodic ridership surveys. 4. Provide patient shuttle services to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and BWI Airport. 5. Provide patient shuttle services to and from hotels/motels along Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike corridor. 6. Provide recreational therapy shuttle services within a 50 mile radius of Bethesda, Maryland. 7. Provide shuttle services for mental health patients between NIH and their residence within a 36 mile radius of Bethesda, Maryland. 8. Provide patient shuttle help desk in Building 10 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Parking Permits and Transportation Services, beginning on or about October 1, 2002, as follows: 1. Operate parking permit office on the NIH campus in Bethesda, including the ordering and issuance of parking permits. 2. Administer the NIH Transhare program and Ridefinders program. Additional Requirements: 1. Web page subject to NIH approval. 2. Provide a system for monitoring and reporting on contract performance. 3. Shuttle bus drivers must have valid drivers licenses with no records and maintain a CDL drivers license. 4. Employees subject to background checks. 5. Performance Bond. 6. Garage Liability, workers compensation, legal liability, hazard crime. 7. Must obtain minimum liability insurance of $5,000,000 as required by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission (WMATC). 8. Must obtain contract tariff from WMATC to perform shuttle services at NIH. 9. Must be located and do business within the Washington/Baltimore Metropolitan Area. General Information: 1. Performance based contract. 2. Contract term for five years, one year basic period and four one-year options. All requests for copies of the solicitation must be made in writing and sent to the address listed above or faxed to the Contracting Officer at 301-402-3407. The due date for receipt of proposals will be approximately forty-five (45) days after release of the solicitation. This requirement was previously advertised in February 2000 as a sources sought under RFP No. 263-00-P(BN)-0020. This requirement has been setaside for exclusive small business participation. The NAICS code for this requirement is 561210 with a size standard of $20,000,000. See numbered Note 1.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010329/VSOL004.HTM (W-086 SN50H4K0)