Arlington County Government Sealed Solicitation
Title: 22-DHS-RFP-453 On-Demand Transportation Services for Arlington County Clients
Deadline: 3/31/2022 3:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Status: Cancelled
Solicitation Number: 22-DHS-RFP-453
Description: The intent of this solicitation and resulting agreement is to obtain the services of one or more licensed transportation contractors to provide transportation/taxi services for Arlington County (County) Department of Human Services’ (DHS) clients and participants in selected Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) programs.
Pre-Bid Meeting Date: 2/18/2022 10:00 AM
Pre-Bid Meeting Details: Please sign up if you plan to attend the pre-bid meeting.A virtual preproposal conference will be held at 10:00 a.m., February 18, 2022, on Microsoft Teams to allow potential Offerors an opportunity to obtain clarification of the specifications and requirements of the solicitation. To join the meeting, please click the link in the solicitation document, or join by dialing +1 347-973-6905 and enter Conference ID 895 210 067#. ATTENDANCE AT THE PREPROPOSAL CONFERENCE IS OPTIONAL. Minutes of the preproposal conference will be recorded by the County and may be incorporated into the solicitation documents through an Addendum. Interested Offerors are, however, urged to attend.
Documents:
| Documents as of 1/24/2022 |
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| 22-DHS-RFP-453 Transportation Services.pdf |
| Attachment A.xlsx |
Addition 1
Posted: 2/23/2022
Type of Addition: Addendum 01
Overview: The purpose of this Addendum 01 is to extend the proposal due date and time, and to respond to questions received by the solicitation deadline.
Deadline: 3/31/2022 3:00 PM
Solicitation #: 22-DHS-RFP-453
Documents:
Addition 2
Posted: 3/31/2022
Type of Addition: In Review
Addition 3
Posted: 7/1/2022
Type of Addition: Cancellation Information
Documents:
Question 1
Posted: 2/3/2022
Question: So that offerers have enough time to prepare a thoughtful response, including the required legal review of the mandatory provisions of the draft contract, will DHS please consider extending the submission deadline to March 31? Our team would appreciate any flexibility DHS can provide.
Response: The County will extend the proposal due date and time. This will be officially amended via an Addendum after the deadline for all questions has passed.
Question 2
Posted: 2/3/2022
Question: Can DHS please provide an estimate of the average daily number of rides expected under this contract?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Question 3
Posted: 2/9/2022
Question: Can DHS please confirm that the COVID-19 requirements for independent contractor drivers of taxi and TNC companies are set forth in Section IV, 1.0, A. 14., of the RFP and that the County vaccination mandate does apply to such independent contractors?
Response: Yes, the County’s COVID-19 vaccination policy applies to all contractors, independent contractors, and subcontractors.
Question 4
Posted: 2/18/2022
Question: Could DHS please provide an estimated volume of wheelchair accessible vehicle related rides as a portion of the total ridership in this program?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Question 5
Posted: 2/21/2022
Question: How far in advance will rides be scheduled? Additionally, what are the daily hours of operation for rides?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Question 6
Posted: 2/21/2022
Question: The RFP refers to year round availability. Will rides scheduled during holidays?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Question 7
Posted: 2/22/2022
Question: Good Afternoon Ms. Shreiber, We have one question regarding the solicitation in the subject line above, can the subcontractor have the license instead of the OLG the prime contractor? or it needs to be the prime contractor holding the transportation license? OLG is planning to subcontract the whole contract. "b. The Offeror must submit a copy of its transportation license (Taxi company or Transportation Network company) " Thank you Salma
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Posted: 2/23/2022
Type of Addition: Addendum 01
Overview: The purpose of this Addendum 01 is to extend the proposal due date and time, and to respond to questions received by the solicitation deadline.
Deadline: 3/31/2022 3:00 PM
Solicitation #: 22-DHS-RFP-453
Documents:
Posted: 3/31/2022
Type of Addition: In Review
Posted: 7/1/2022
Type of Addition: Cancellation Information
Documents:
Posted: 2/3/2022
Question: So that offerers have enough time to prepare a thoughtful response, including the required legal review of the mandatory provisions of the draft contract, will DHS please consider extending the submission deadline to March 31? Our team would appreciate any flexibility DHS can provide.
Response: The County will extend the proposal due date and time. This will be officially amended via an Addendum after the deadline for all questions has passed.
Posted: 2/3/2022
Question: Can DHS please provide an estimate of the average daily number of rides expected under this contract?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Posted: 2/9/2022
Question: Can DHS please confirm that the COVID-19 requirements for independent contractor drivers of taxi and TNC companies are set forth in Section IV, 1.0, A. 14., of the RFP and that the County vaccination mandate does apply to such independent contractors?
Response: Yes, the County’s COVID-19 vaccination policy applies to all contractors, independent contractors, and subcontractors.
Posted: 2/18/2022
Question: Could DHS please provide an estimated volume of wheelchair accessible vehicle related rides as a portion of the total ridership in this program?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Posted: 2/21/2022
Question: How far in advance will rides be scheduled? Additionally, what are the daily hours of operation for rides?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Posted: 2/21/2022
Question: The RFP refers to year round availability. Will rides scheduled during holidays?
Response: Please see Addendum 01.
Posted: 2/22/2022
Question: Good Afternoon Ms. Shreiber, We have one question regarding the solicitation in the subject line above, can the subcontractor have the license instead of the OLG the prime contractor? or it needs to be the prime contractor holding the transportation license? OLG is planning to subcontract the whole contract. "b. The Offeror must submit a copy of its transportation license (Taxi company or Transportation Network company) " Thank you Salma
Response: Please see Addendum 01.