MEPS Applicant Management Services   10

Background
This acquisition is to establish a multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for HQ US MEPCOM, North Chicago, Illinois, to provide applicant management services. Specifically, to provide meals, lodging, transportation, and oversight management services for individuals (applicants) processing into the Armed Forces through its individual MEPS and Remote Processing Stations (RPS) located throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska. Contractors successful in obtaining a contract award will be required to submit proposals for lodging, meals, transportation, and management services at all existing and future MEPS/RPS (currently 66).

Work Details
This posting is to clarify response to Industry question #57 and Amend Solicitation PWS 1.5.8.2. The services provided at each location are basically the same, providing for overnight lodging accommodations, evening meal, and breakfast meal the following morning, transportation from the contract hotel, and transportation for individual applicants to local medical appointments throughout the day. Additional services include transportation for applicants receiving night testing, other emergency transportation when needed, and emergency noon meals (lunch) when needed. Services are provided every Sunday through Friday and up to two Saturdays per month.

Period of Performance
The government anticipates to award multiple IDIQ contracts with a 5-year base ordering period and one 5-year option.

Place of Performance
HQ US MEPCOM, North Chicago, Illinois; individual MEPS and Remote Processing Stations (RPS) located throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska.