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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 03, 2003 FBO #0489
MODIFICATION

Z -- Job Order Contract for Fort Bliss, TX

Notice Date

4/1/2003
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

Contracting Office

ACA, Fort Bliss, Directorate of Contracting, Attn: ATZC-DOC, Building 2021, Club Road, Fort Bliss, TX 79916-6812
 

ZIP Code

79916-6812
 

Solicitation Number

DABK05-03-R-0010
 

Response Due

5/22/2003
 

Archive Date

7/21/2003
 

Point of Contact

Maria Briseno, 915-568-5881
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to ACA, Fort Bliss
(brisenom@bliss.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

8a Competitive
 

Description

NA The following change is hereby made to the synopsis published on February 4, 2003 and modified on March 12 and 25, 2003: The statement that reads ?This solicitation is restricted to 8(a) firms with a bona fide place of business located in El Paso, TX? is changed to read ?This solicitation is restricted for competition among all eligible 8(a) firms with a bona fide place of business located in the El Paso SBA District, El Paso, TX.? The following definitions are provided for clarification purposes: 1. Bona Fide Place of Business: For the purposes of 8(a) construction procurements, ?bona fide place of business? means a location where a Participant regularly maintains an office that employs at least one full-time individual within the appropriate geog raphical boundary. The term does not include construction trailers or other temporary construction sites. (13 CFR 124.3) A Participant?s principal place of business is always a bona fide place of business for purposes of 8(a) construction requirements. A Participant may have bona fide places of business in more than one location. 2. ?Regularly maintains an office,? means a Participant conducts business activities as an on-going business concern from a fixed location on a daily basis. The best evidence of the regular maintenance of an office is documentation that shows that third p arties transact business with a Participant at a location within a particular geographical area. Such evidence includes advertisements, bills, correspondence, lease agreements, land records, and evidence that the Participant has complied with all local re quirements concerning registering, licensing, or filing with the State or County where the place of business is located. For example, a lease agreement alone, without more, does not establish the regular maintenance of an office. Further, it is our view that a Participant does not have a bona fide place of business in a particular location if it does not have the licenses, registrations, tax receipts, telephone bills, and filings commensurate with regularly maintaining an office at that location. 3.?Full-time individual? means an individual who conducts the business activities of the Participant during normal business hours. The individual may not work for any person or entity other than for the Participant during normal business hours. The term does not include independent contractors. The best evidence of the employment of a full-time individual is employment agreements, payroll records, tax documentation, and employee benefit documentation. 4. SBA Determination of Bona Fide Place of Business in a Designated Geographical Area: (a) At any time, a servicing District Office may submit documentation on behalf of a Participant to another District Office in an effort to establish that the Participan t has a bona fide place of business within that District Office?s geographical area. However, in order to apply for a specific competitive solicitation, such documentation must be submitted at least 15 working days before initial offers that include price are due. Within 10 working days of receipt of submission, the District Office will conduct a site visit, if practicable, and within five (5) working days of a site visit, it will make a determination whether the Participant has a bona fide place of busin ess in its geographical area. (b) If a Participant has established that it has a bona fide place of business, then the District Office will issue a letter to the participant informing the Participant of this determination. The letter will also state that the Participant must immediately notify the District Office of any changes that could affect its bona fide place of business status. The letter is valid as long as there are no material changes to the facts relied on by SBA in making its bona fide place o f business determination. A district Office may re-evaluate a Participant?s bona fide place of business status at any time, and should cons ider any information relevant to that issue that it receives from another party. (c) If a District Office determines that a Participant has not established that it has a bona fide place of business, the District Office must submit that determination to the Associate Administrator for 8(a) Business Development (?AA/8(a) BD?), or designee, for review before it is issued. The AA/8(a) BD, or designee, will review that determination as quickly as possible. (d) A Participant has the burden of clearly establishin g that it has a bona fide place of business within a designated geographical area. If a Participant submits conflicting, vague, or insufficient evidence or documentation, SBA may make a negative determination. A Participant may reapply for bona fide plac e of business status at any time. 5. Eligibility Determination by SBA: The District Office that services the apparent successful offeror or the nominated Participant makes Eligibility determinations. 13 CFR 134.507(b). Eligibility includes bona fide place of business status for purposes of competitive constructions requirements, and a District Office making an eligibility determination must rely on the bona fide place of business status determination made by the appropriate District Office. For competitive construction requirements, SBA will determine a Participant?s eligibility as of the date of a Participant?s initial offer, which includes price, and will make an eligibility determination within five (5) working days of a procuring activity?s request for an eligibility determination. 13 CFR 124.507(b).
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, Fort Bliss Directorate of Contracting, Attn: ATZC-DOC, Building 2021, Club Road Fort Bliss TX

Zip Code: 79916-6812

Country: US
 

Record

SN00292975-W 20030403/030401213624 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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