Description
The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking a contractor to provide transportation shuttle services for the NIST site in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The contractor will be responsible for providing all labor and vehicles for transporting people to and from the NIST campus, including services to local Metro stations and other destinations in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The contractor must have at least 6 CDL licensed drivers on staff with a minimum of 3 years of experience and no traffic violations or chargeable accidents within the last 12 months. The contractor will also be required to provide a Project Manager/Dispatcher with at least 3 years of managing and/or dispatching experience in transportation services.
• The contractor must provide transportation services from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays and days or portions of days the site is closed due to inclement weather.
• The contractor must provide a 36 or 40-passenger bus with clear/visible signage stating “NIST” and a driver to operate METRO Shuttle service from building 101 to Shady Grove Metro.
• The contractor must provide a 15-passenger van or a 20-passenger mini-bus with clear/visible signage stating “NIST” and a driver to operate the MARC Shuttle service from Building 101 to the Metropolitan Grove MARC Station in the AM and to the Gaithersburg MARC Station in the PM.
• The contractor must provide at least one 55-passenger coach bus and a driver for transportation services from local hotels to various NIST laboratory buildings for students participating in the SURF Program.
• The contractor must provide at least one 55-passenger coach bus and a driver for transportation services from at least one hotel to the NCNR Building 235 for the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Summer School.
• The contractor must provide six 55-passenger coach buses and drivers for 700 conference attendees over a two-day period for the NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference.
• The contractor must provide general transportation services with 3-day notice, including pickup/drop off services from local Metro drop-off locations and from destinations in the Washington Metropolitan Area.