Description
The Department of Fire Services is seeking vendors to provide passenger vehicles for vehicle extrication training. The vehicles will be used for training firefighters and will be altered and cut during the training process. The vendor will be responsible for locating, preparing, delivering, and removing the vehicles from the training site. The contract will be for a period of one year with four options to renew for a total of five years. The anticipated expenditures will be approximately 60 cars for Stow, 30 cars for Springfield, and 35 cars for Bridgewater per year. The vendor will be required to provide a price per vehicle to prepare, deliver, and remove the vehicle from the training site.
Some key points to consider:
• The vendor must be able to supply the needed number of vehicles
• The vendor must be able to deliver and remove the vehicles from the training site
• The vendor must be able to prepare the vehicles according to the DFS standards
• The vendor must be able to provide a price per vehicle that includes all costs
• The contract will be a unit-based rate structure with a firm fixed unit cost for each vehicle
• The vendor will be required to submit a bid response sheet and other documents as part of the proposal
• The evaluation criteria will include business references, ability to provide the needed number of vehicles, use of subcontractors, pricing, and Small Business Purchasing Program (SBPP) participation