U.S. Property & Fiscal Office, DE, Grier Bldg, Contracting Office, 1161 River Road, New Castle, DE 19720-5199

Z -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY JOB ORDER CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION OF REAL PROPERTY USING A MULTIPLE-DISCIPLINE CONTRACT SOL DAHA07-96-B-0001 DUE 061296. Contact Mary Brewin, Contract Specialist, 302/326-7358 or Jose' Quintana, Contracting Officer, 302/326-7355. The proposed work may consist of a variety of projects from maintenance, repair, and alteration of buildings, to utilities and infrastructure throughout the Delaware Air National Guard site in New Castle, Delaware. This solicitation is RESTRICTED to approved 8a contractors with SIC code 1541 in the Small Business Administration Office (SBA) from the Philadelphia District Office. These contractors may submit their written request on company letterhead with a copy of their SBA Certification Letter to the address listed above for a solicitation package. Only one bid package per firm will be issued. A pre-bid conference will be held to explain how to bid indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, job order contract (JOC). The time, date, and location for the pre-bid conference will be 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, 1996, at the Delaware Air National Guard, Corporate Commons, Base Civil Engineer Building 2803, New Castle, Delaware. If directions are required call (302) 323-3313. Attendance is not mandatory, but is recommended. The date for issuing the Invitation for Bid (IFB) package is 15 days after publication of this announcement in the CBD on or about April 30. The bid opening date is scheduled on Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at 2:00 p.m. at the United States Property & Fiscal Office, 1161 River Road (Rt 9 South) Grier Building, New Castle, DE. The basic contract has a guaranteed minimum amount of $5,000 worth of work for the life of the contract to include all option years. There is no requirement for bid bonds since there is no monetary value. The responsive and responsible contractor who offers the lowest coefficient is the apparent low bidder. This solicitation will result in a contract which will require performance and payment bonding. Award is anticipated on or about July 1996 and performance to begin within 10 days after award. This will be a firm fixed price award based upon a bidder's offer with the lowest aggregate coefficient. A coefficient is a numerical factor representing the contractor's indirect costs and profit used in conjunction with the Unit Price Books. The Unit Price Books used will be the 1996 Means Facilities Construction Cost Data; 1996 Means Mechanical Cost Data; 1996 Means Electrical Cost Data; 1996 Means Repair and Remodeling Cost Data Book; and 1996 Means Site Work and Landscape Cost Data; 1996 Means Concrete and Masonry Cost Data; 1996 Means Plumbing Cost Data. New unit price books will be used for the base year and any option year. It is the responsibility of the successful contractor to obtain these books and if exercised, the applicable editions for each option year at company expense. Copies of these books can be purchased from R.S. Means Company, Inc., 100 Construction Plaza, P.O. Box 800, Kingston, MA 02364-0800. The telephone number is (800) 448-8182. The anticipated estimated project price range is expected to be between $2,000 and $200,000 for each negotiated delivery order. The maximum amount of any delivery order cannot exceed $300,000. The base performance period is for one year with four option years. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is 1541. Under the authority of FAR 36.211, due to the need for rapid response times for emergency delivery orders under this proposed acquisition, successful contractor must be able to meet the emergency response time of 2 hours from the Delaware Air National Guard job site. Individual projects will vary in size and dollar amounts. Possible projects may include but are not limited to the following, asphalt and concrete paving, carpentry, roofing, excavation, interior renovation, electrical, plumbing, painting, demolition, masonry, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. (099)

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