Pre-Solicitation Notice FSC: V222 NAICS: 485410 Description of the service: This is a non-personal service contract to provide Livorno Student Transportation to local Florence High Schools. The purpose of the contract is to provide transportation services to DOWEA non-DoWDS School Program (NDSP) authorized schools in Florence, Italy. The contractor shall provide transportation for up to 5 students. The contractor shall pay the Zona Traffico Limitato (ZTL) fee negotiated by the Government. The Performance Works Statement will be posted along with the Solicitation. Location of the work: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed throughout Camp Darby located in Pisa, Italy and travel to and from two primary locations in Florence Italy: International School of Florence (main site) and its Gymnasium. The contractor may, on occasion, be requested to adjust work hours and drop off/pick up locations to support normal school day events. Performance Period: The performance period is as follows: 18 September 2026 – 31 July 2027 (Base Period) 01 August 2027 – 31 July 2028 (Option Year One) 01 August 2028 – 31 July 2029 (Option Year Two) 01 August 2029 – 31 July 2030 (Option Year Three) 01 August 2030 – 31 July 2031 (Option Year Four) Method of Contracting: This will be a Request for Quotation (RFQ) resulting in a Firm-Fixed Price type contract. Issuance of solicitation: The solicitation will be issued in July 2026. Response date: TO BE DETERMINED. (Due-in date for the submittal of quotation) Site visit/ pre-quote conference: No site visit or pre-quote conference will be held. Important notice: Offerors are reminded that to be awarded a government contract you MUST: i. New Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). For more information about UEI, please visit https://www.gsa.gov/aboutus/organization/federalacquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environmentiae/iae-systems-informationkit/unique-entityidentifier-update ii. Have a CAGE/NCAGE number - American Contractor: CAGE code will be generated upon completion of SAM registration. -Italian Contractor: NCAGE code can be obtained via https://www.siac.difesa.it/tiki/tikiindex.php?page=NCAGE. iii. Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Please ensure that your firm is registered with SAM and all information is current. Within your SAM registration, please ensure the following required provisions are completed: 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Products and Commercial If you are not registered or your information is not current, you need to go to https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and fill out a web-based application. You must have a New Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to start this process. Please begin the process as soon as you receive this RFQ to speed up the contracting process if you are the winning bidder.