Dept of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of Engineering Services, Region X, 2201 Sixth Ave., RX-24, Rm 710, Seattle, WA 98121

54 -- INDIAN SOURCES SOUGHT TO CONSTRUCT A 300 SQUARE METER PRE-ENGINEERED METAL WAREHOUSE IN TOPPENISH, WA (PO4YAA14C7) SOL 102-IFB-96-0017. POC Contracting Officer, Abram L. Vinikoor, 206/615-2454. Work to be performed consists of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment to construct a 300 square meter building for use as unheated storage space. The Building System for this project shall be a traditional pre-engineered metal framing system. The Building System includes primary and secondary structural steel system including metal roof, walls, and all roof insulation, canopies, trim and accessories required by the drawings. The work includes extension of the existing utilities (building controls, fire, voice/data, and security systems). The plans and specifications use International System of Units (SI) metric equivalent measurements. Project completion time is estimated to be 120 calendar days after notice to proceed. Estimated construction cost is between $100,000 and $500,000. This acquisition is being considered as a set aside for Indian owned firms under the authority of the Buy Indian Act. In accordance with Public Health Service Acquisition Regulation Paragraph 380.503(e), not more than fifty (50) percent of the work to be performed under a prime contract awarded pursuant to the Buy Indian Act shall be subcontracted to other than Indian firms. For this purpose, work to be performed does not include the provision of materials, supplies, or equipment. Indian owned organizations with an interest in bidding this project either as the general contractor or as a subcontractor should respond by June 14, 1996, with the following information: (1) The degree (100%, 80%, etc.) to which the interested prospective contractor is owned, operated, and controlled by a member or members of any tribe, pueblo, band, group, village or community that is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) Whether the prospective contractor is a potential prime contractor or subcontractor/supplier; (3) The bonding capability of the prospective contractor, including the name and phone number of the bonding company, a contact person at the bonding company, the upper limit of the prospective contractor's bonding capability; (4) A list of projects of similar size, type, and complexity performed by the prospective contractor including project name, date, award amount, and the name and phone number of the owner's representative; (5) A description of the general type of work the prospective contractor would perform itself and the type of work which would be subcontracted to other Indian firms (Name the firms). The Contracting Officer will consider specific expressions of interest in response to this notice as well as other information to determine if a Buy Indian Set-Aside is appropriate. This is a request for information only. Applications for bid documents are not being accepted at this time. A pre-solicitation notice which will describe how to order bid documents will be issued after the set-aside decision is made. (149)

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