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U -- ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE - QUALITY VERIFICATION (QV) TRAINING COURSE SOL DACW87-96-R-0030 DUE 061796 POC Contract Specialist Mary F. Stringer (205) 895-1152 (Site Code DACA87) Offeror shall provide all services, personnel, materials, audio visual aids, training aids and travel and lodging to revise/update the existing student course materials and instructor teaching materials and administer and present course of instruction entitled ''Architectural Hardware - Quality Verification''. The offeror shall provide an instructor team which shall not exceed four instructors for the Architectural Hardware - QV course. This course develops new skills oriented to the quality verification of hardware used in building construction and updates the student's knowledge of current industry practices and changes in specifications. It also provides training results in a more effective quality assurance. This session will consist of 36 hours of classroom instruction. Course location, date and session number is: Session 96-01, 29 July-2 August 1996, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX. Option years for FY97 and FY98 will be included in the contract with dates and locations to be determined at a later date. Evaluation criteria will be set forth in the solicitation scheduled to be issued on or about 17 May 1996 with a closing date of 17 June 1996. Copies of the solicitation shall be obtained by written request at no charge. One set of the course material may be obtained from this office at a cost of $50.00 (non-refundable). Payment will be made by certified check, cashier's check, or money order payable to: Finance and Accounting Officer, USAESC. Telephonic requests will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. The Standard Industrial Code applicable to this procurement is 8999. For the purpose of the solicitation, any concern whose gross annual receipts over the past 3 years do not exceed an average of $5 million is considered a small business. Contractor must indicate business size with written request (i.e., large business, small business). (0124)

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