USPFO for Washington, ATTN: Contracting Office, Bldg 32, Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA 98430-5170

Y -- ADD/ALTER SQUADRON OPERATIONS FACILITY, FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, SPOKANE, WA SOL DAHA45-95-B-0003 DUE 050395 POC Joanie Dobesh, Contracting Office, 206/512-8311; LtCol Daniel J. Hirst, Project Officer, 509/247-7352 PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. Furnish all plant, labor, equipment, materials, tools and other items required to construct a 5,600 SF addition to an existing Air National Guard flying operations building. The addition shall consist of 400 SF constructed to class ''A'' vault standards and 2,000 SF constructed to class ''B'' standards. The remaining constructed space shall consist of typical office oriented construction and finishes for a building of this operation and function. The project will require some renovation to the existing facility to marry the addition and existing together as well as the demolition of an existing abandoned coal bunker and associated dumping ramp. The existing facility is expected to remain in operation during the construction period. ECC is between $1 million and $5 million. Time of completion is 270 calendar days from the receipt of Notice to Proceed. Interested concerns should as early as possible, but not later than 15 calendar days after publication of this notice, indicate interest in bidding as the prime or as a subcontractor on the project, evidence of capability to perform including references for similar work with contract numbers, points of contact, and telephone numbers, and if appropriate, a positive statement of eligibility as a small socially and economically disadvantaged business concern. In addition, dollar amount of current construction bonding capability is required. The Contracting Officer will utilize the information received to make a decision to issue this solicitation as set-aside for Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) or as ''Unrestricted''. Therefor, replies to this notice are requested from all interested business concerns as well as from SDB concerns. Replies must indicate the firm's size status such as large business, small business, or small disadvantaged business. If you reply to this Pre-Solicitation Notice, you will not be required to reply to the Synopsis when it appears in the Commerce Business Daily. Letters of interest should be mailed to the above address or faxed to 206/512-8933. (0040)

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