Directorate of Contracting, Contracting Division, ATTN: SDSTO-KC, Tobyhanna Army Depot, 11 Hap Arnold Boulevard, Tobyhanna, PA 18466-5100

W -- PAINT SPRAY-GUN CLEANING SERVICE SOL DAAC71-95-R-0016 DUE 091195 POC Joyce K. Bednar, Contracting Officer, telephone: (717)895-7517, Joseph Santillo, Contract Negotiator, telephone: (717)895-7517. Support services for painting operation at Tobyhanna Army Depot -- basic contract period of one year with four (4) one-year option periods -- service includes providing equipment for cleaning paint spray-guns, providing lacquer thinner to be used in the equipment, maintaining the availability of operating equipment, and recycling the contaminated paint thinner for reuse -- presently this service is being performed by Safety Kleen Corporation, 1000 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL under DAAC71-94-P-2749, contract completion date is 01 October 95, price for year's service at $24,882.00; sources are cautioned that this price history is intended only to represent the magnitude of this requirement; sources must follow sound business practice in formulation offers in response to the resulting solicitation -- equipment: in order to minimize fumes and exposure of personnel to solvent, the equipment to be provided must be specific to cleaning paint spray-guns, not general parts cleaners; the cleaners are to be pneumatically operated and mechanically vented; each cleaner shall have a reservoir of approximately five gallons (5 gal); there are nine separate cleaning machines to be provided since there are nine locations at which painting is done -- solvent: Government personnel neither hook-up nor remove any solvents from the equipment; lacquer thinner shall be provided for each cleaner; the contractor shall pick up the lacquer thinner when it has become inefficient due to contamination, and install clean/recycled solvent; contaminated solvent shall be recycled in accordance with all Local, State, and Federal Laws, Rules, and Regulations; prior to removal of the solvent from the premises, the Contractor must prepare an EPA manifest for each container and each manifest must be approved by the Tobyhanna Army Depot Environmental Office; the contractor is responsible for maintaining the availability of the equipment during all shifts; any equipment failure must be remedied within twenty-four hours (24 hrs) -- the schedule per individual cleaner (using approximately five gallon (5 gal) reservoirs for removing/replacing the solvent is as follows: four (4) cleaners every two weeks (2 wks); three (3) cleaners every week; and two (2) cleaners every four (4) weeks -- RFP number is DAAC71-95-R-0016 -- approximate issue/close dates are 11 Aug 95/11 Sep 95 -- all responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency -- although this action is not set-aside, it is requested that firms requesting the solicitation provide their business size; SIC code is 7389, standard is $5.0 million. (0208)

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