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Y -- CONSTRUCT MEDICAL ARMORY FOR THE TENNESSEE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, SMYRNA, TENNESSEE Contact Major Kathryn M. Fulkerson, Contract Specialist, 615/532-3217, or LTC James L. Coonce, Contracting Officer, 615/532-3217. Provide labor, materials, equipment and other services necessary to construct a new National Guard medical armory, maintenance training building and a storage building located at Grubbs-Kyle Training Center, Smyrna, Tennessee. The medical armory shall consist of approximately 48,635 square feet with 34,174 square feet on the first floor and 14,461 square feet on the second floor. Construction of the building shall be concrete slab, masonry walls with brick veneer and cut stone trim, structural steel and steel joists, metal roof deck, metal roofing over pitched roof and membrane roofing over flat areas, aluminum windows, metal doors and frames with plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, electrical system and food service equipment. The roof system over the assembly area shall be glued laminated beams and decking with insulation and standing seam metal roofing. The interior finish for the floors shall be vinyl composition tile with ceramic tile in the latrine area and carpet and ceramic tile wainscot in the latrine areas. The ceilings shall be acoustical title. Work stations are to be provided in the administration areas. The maintenance training building shall consist of approximately 3,108 square feet. The construction shall be concrete slab, masonry walls with brick veneer, metal roofing, metal doors and frames with plumbing, heating, ventilating and electircal system. The floors shall be exposed concrete and the wall concrete block painted. The ceilings shall be exposed construction. The storage building shall consist of approximately 2,000 square feet with concrete slab, pre-engineered metal building and electrical system. The site will require filling to raise the floor level and shall be complete with utilities, landscaping, fencing, concrete and asphalt paving and other site improvements. Performance time is 365 calendar days. The estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. 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, providing 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 Office will utilize the information received to make a decision to issue this solicitation as set-aside for Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) or as ``UNRESTRICTED'' without further notice and will then formally advertise the project in the Commerce Business Daily. Therefore, 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, small disadvantaged busines, or 8(a). The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 1542. The applicable small business size standard including affiliates is no more than $17 Million in average annual revenue for the previous three years. (080)

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