Sources Sought Notice – TRANSPORTATION AND CROSS DOCK SERVICE
Notice Type: Sources Sought Notice
Posted Date:
Office Address:
Subject: TRANSPORTATION AND CROSS DOCK SERVICE
Classification Code: V - Transportation, travel, & relocation services
Solicitation Number: HSFE04-16-R-2999
Contact:
Setaside: N/AN/A
Place of Performance (address): 30034 Chamblee Tucker RoadAtlanta, GA
Place of Performance (zipcode): 30341
Place of Performance Country: US
Description:
Region IV
Contract for transportation and cross dock services for Region IV DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The
In order to respond to an incident or event, FEMA Region IV may establish a FSA (Federal Staging Area) or ISB (Incident Support Base) at one of the following locations: (Primary sites in bold)
1.
Other FSA or ISB sites, including commercial sites, are possible and mission specific.
The established FSA (or ISB) will provide commodity and resource support to a state(s) or geographic area within the FEMA Region IV states (
Operational Requirements: Requirements for services include the following: 1. Transportation Services a. Bringing inbound commodities and resources from supply sources to the FSA to include both power only and power with vendor supplied, trackable trailer. Scale ranges from 1 to 150 loads. {ALL ORGANICALLY OWNED/CONTROLED} i. From FEMA Distribution Centers; 1. DC
Core Company Capabilities
- Ability to deploy within 12 hours of official notice from
- Ability and willingness to commence deployment to mission on "word" from
- Ability and willingness to manage other providers, such as trailer lease company or other carriers, thereby freeing
- Must have multiple facilities and real estate in each state (at least FEMA Region IV), and be prepared to stand up these facilities when the call comes from
- Autonomy granted and complete support provided by the company's executive management to the deployed management staff. This is to provide for streamlined decision making and insure that the decision process is at the field level. Decisions must be made quickly and accurately without the need for continually calling in for permission.
- A team relationship with
- Information system with easy web access, server redundancy and connectivity anywhere a
- Experienced Site Managers o Must have a bias for action and a strong sense of urgency. o Understands how
- Well reviewed and fully qualified driver data base for mission. o Clean driving record and criminal back ground check. o US Citizen! o Flexibility in work rules, o Takes direction from carrier management team on site without question, o Takes direction well, a team player, o Properly "represent the mission" to the public, o Sleeper trucks preferred, but not required o Drivers must also be willing and able to properly operate forklifts, assist in cross dock work, and assist at POD delivery sights if necessary. Driver will NOT have a "not my job" mentality. o Driver must remember that
- Demonstrated ability and experience working on
- Fuel Procurement- service provider must possess the ability to source fuel, including diesel and other fuels that carrier equipment utilize, such as propane, to support the operation during the event.
Transportation: A. Inbound commodities and resources Contractor may be asked to provide line-haul service from various FEMA DCs (i.e. DC
B. Shuttle Service Contractor will supply "X" number of shuttle trucks, consisting of Power Unit and Driver, to the FSA Location(s) to provide shuttle service for the
Contractor will provide "X" number of shuttle trucks (Power Unit and Driver) to the FSA at _____am, _______(Month)_____________, ____(Day)_____, 20__. These trucks are to be ready to operate for shuttle missions when they arrive. Contractor is responsible for managing driver hours, and for keeping
Range and Scope of operation: Shuttle fleet will be able to operate 24 hours a day, although exact hours of operation will be determined by the requirements of the mission. Fleet will operate covering the states covered by the FSA and support operations. These operations can also include yard operations/management at the FSA to include staging and parking of trailers, trailer inventory, and flow management. Contractor needs to be prepared to operate an immediate service area of a 300 miles (per day) radius of the FSA. While the FSA will have a functional operating radius of up to 300 miles,
C. Retrograde Contractor will be required to provide, at the time of quote, the cost of long distance line haul rates that may be used instead of shuttle rate for retrograde. FEMA RIV decides on what system (shuttle rates or line haul rates) will be utilized for retrograde. Retrograde includes not only the movement of commodities back to various, previously mentioned DCs, but occasionally, other sites that
Trailers: Empty trailers provided by the contractor are considered immediately returned to vendor once that trailer is empty at the DC/unload site, provided contractor is the instrument for transportation (i.e.
IN ALL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION - Contractor is required to: The contractor is to provide shuttle drivers that are
Quotes must contain the following information when applicable: 1. Cost of shuttle power unit and driver per 24 hour period (solo) 2. Cost of Shuttle power unit and TEAM per 24 hour period (team) 3. Acquisition rate of shuttle power unit and driver, if any 4. Demob rate of shuttle power unit and driver, if any 5. Cost of trailer usage by day and mileage charge if any (note minimums) 6. Cost of yard hostler per day 7. Cost of FSA site management per 12 hour shift/person 8. Cost of Yard management per 12 hour shift/person if applicable 9. Cost of RRCC representation per person/shift if applicable 10. Cost of "
Locations: Possible FSAs will be located in the locations previously mentioned.
Definitions CDSP = Cross Dock Service Provider Cross Docking Operation = takes product from a truck/trailer and moves that material in its entirety to another trailer or container that
Facility
- Facility should have reliable electrical power, easy ingress and egress for trucks and equipment.
- Enough yard space for staging inbound trailers to be cross docked as well as staging of vendor provided empty trailers prior to cross dock operation. Space for 150 trailers is required with enough room for maneuverability. Sufficient operating room for substantial traffic flow.
- 1200 Square feet of office space/area for
- Trash service - i.e. dumpster
- Bathroom facilities (Port-a-potty minimum) capable of servicing 10
- Facility should have temporary phone, DSL min, with 24 hours' notice. This service is for the contractor. {Provider is fully responsible for the cost and implementation}
- Provider needs to be able to add phone and internet {T1} service for
- Security - Facility should be fenced as to strongly discourage intruders and provide complete control over access to the operation. Entrance and exit gates under the operational command of FSA manager.
- Provider will have approved security for the site, having 24 hour coverage. Security is responsible for gate and interior security.
- Flexibility - Adapt to a constantly changing environment and demands. Personnel able and willing to do whatever task is needed to complete the mission successfully.
- 24 hour operations capable.
- 12 hour shift (requires 1 to 2 hour overlap for smooth transition)
- Scalable quickly up or down.
Additional Equipment Support: CDSP will provide ALL necessary equipment and support for the movement of product at the cross dock operation. Items include but not limited to, forklifts with operators, hostlers, covered cross dock facility, load restacking capacity, pallet jacks, dunnage, yard equipment for moving commodities, staging areas for trailers with commodities, and any additional support that
Trailers: CDSP will provide (unless
Cross Dock Information The data transfer of information will need to consist of the following:
- Receiving Sequence Number (Order unit arrived at the cross dock entrance gate.)
- Date and time received.
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- Tractor #
- Trailer # (Nose number, not tail number)
- Transponder ESN#
- Trailer Seal #
- Commodity
- BOL Qty.
-
- New trailer #.
- New trailer
- New Transponder ESN#.
- New Seal #.
- Commodity verification.
- Cross docked by: (name).
- Cross dock date.
- Cross Dock time.
- Notes: The above information needs to be correctly collected, and transmitted to the
Leadership Service provider must have executive level representation at the RRCC if requested by
Quotes for Cross Dock Operations must contain the following information when applicable: 1. Cost of shuttle power unit and driver per 24 hour period (solo) IF REQUESTED 2. Cost of Shuttle power unit and TEAM per 24 hour period (team) IF REQUESTED 3. Acquisition rate of shuttle power unit and driver, if any IF REQUESTED 4. Demob rate of shuttle power unit and driver, if any IF REQUESTED 5. Acquisition costs of trailer (rate, if any) 6. Cost of trailer usage by day and mileage charge if any (note minimums) 7. Cost of
Additional information is available from the following:
- FEMA Region IV FSA and Cross Dock Guide, Version 3.6
- Shuttle Fleet - Scope of Work -
- Cross Dock - Scope of Work
- ISB and Cross Dock Briefing - Standard Version PowerPoint
- ISB and Cross Dock Forms
Link/URL: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/FEMA/RegIV/HSFE04-16-R-2999/listing.html


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