Office of Personnel Management, Contracting Division 1900 E. Street, N.W., Room SB-427 Washington, DC 20415

S -- EASTERN MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTER (EMDC) OFFICE AND TRAINING SP ACE, FOOD AND LODGING SOL OPM-96-RFP-01575RDH POC Ray Hesson, Contracting Officer, 202-606-1045. This is an unrestricted solicitation for the acquisition of facilities, as well as food and lodging services, under a long term lease agreement for a residential executive training center. This is a competitive action that will result in a lease for a base period of 10 years with 2 five year options for a total of up to 20 years. The resultant agreement will require the lessor to provide both the office, classroom, storage and other space, plus up to 30% circulation allowance, together with the food and lodging services. OPM has a requirement for up to 24,100 usable square feet of space to operate the EMDC as a residential learning center for senior level Federal Managers and policy leaders. A campus-like location is preferred, but other settings will be considered. The desired location must be attractive and conducive to the learning experience. Offerors must propose a leasing agreement that includes offices, training and support space, plus food and lodging services, for primarily 21 to 23 2-week seminar cycles per year with a maximum of 200 participants. The occupance date is no later than September 1, 1997 (if existing facilities are used or modified). If the offeror proposes a ''build-to-suit'' arrangement, the occupancy date must be no later than September 1, 1998. Services are to begin 30-60 days after occupancy. The Government intends to have a single lessor for the overall management of the food, lodging and space for the training center. Although leasing procedures are being followed for this procurement, an essential element of this action is the providing of food and lodging services. Offerors may propose this directly or as a subcontract, teaming arrangement or similar arrangement. In order to be considered, an offeror's facilities must be within 150 miles of Washington, D.C., as measured from the Capitol Building. This requirement is imposed to minimize travel costs for the attendees, the majority of whom live and work in Washington, D.C and the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs. These factors weill be addressed iun the evaluation plan: Location and quality of the envionment; quality and quantity of the facilities and services; and, organizational capabilities and past contract performance of the offeror. All will be evaluated and subjected to competitive scoring. This procurement for long-term facility is scheduled for award in the Spring of 1996. As soon as the new facility is ready, operations will be transferred at the expiration of the current contract's option period in effect at the time. Offers will be rated by a Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) using a ''best value'' technical evaluation plan developed prior to the review of the offers. Evaluation criteria will give greatest emphasis to the technical factors over the proposed costs, with cost being more important when technical scores are close. The solicitation is scheduled for release within fourteen days after the date of publication of this synopsis. Proposals will be due approximately 45 days thereafter. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing and must be received within ten working days after publication of this Notice. Send requests to Ray Hesson, Room SB427, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20415 FAX 202-606-1045. (0250)

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