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R -- SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS - MOC 2 POC Steven L. Fedor, Point of Contact, (216) 433-2144, Mail Stop 500-313, Internet E-Mail: Steven.L.Fedor@lerc.nasa.gov. MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS CONTRACT (MOC) 2, Sources Sought Synopsis, The NASA Lewis Research Center (LERC) is seeking qualified small businesses and/or 8(a) firms capable of performing work in the area of facilities operations, maintenance, and repairs at LERC. The proposed contract, which will be known as the Management Operations Contract (MOC) 2, is anticipated to be a fixed-price performance based contract having a base period of one (1) year plus four (4) one year options. The proposed contract will be divided into two (2) parts. In Part I, the contractor will be required to provide the necessary labor, materials, supplies, and equipment (including transportation) to perform the required maintenance and to respond to emergencies and trouble calls in the following systems: electric power systems (high voltage, low voltage, and D.C. systems), heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, plumbing, institutional cooling towers, protective systems, mechanical systems (cranes, overhead doors, elevators, and structural metal work), general building maintenance, high pressure steam distribution system, domestic water system, utility piping system, energy management and control system, chilled water system, sewage pumping stations, high pressure steam generating equipment, and environmental services (asbestos and lead abatement and PCB spill clean-up - small scale/short duration type work). In addition, Part I will also require that all necessary labor, materials, supplies, and equipment (including transportation) be required to operate the following systems: high pressure steam plant, outlying boilers, four (4) chilled water plants, energy management and control system, and the high voltage electric power system (limited to field operations). In Part II, the contractor will be required to provide all of the necessary labor, materials, supplies, and equipment (including transportation) to perform system modifications, minor improvements, and replacement of obsolete equipment in the following systems: electric power system (high voltage, low voltage, and D.C. systems), heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, plumbing, institutional cooling towers, protective systems, mechanical (cranes, overhead doors, elevators, and structural metal work), general building maintenance, high pressure steam distribution system, and domestic water system. Part I will be a fixed price performance based lump sum contract whereas Part II will be a fixed price performance based job order contract. The MOC2 contract will consolidate the following contracts: Facilities Operations and Repair Services (NAS 3-26673), High Voltage Distribution System Services (NAS 3-26675), and the Operation and Maintenance of the Steam Generating Plant and the Center's Boilers and the Operation and Maintenance of the HVAC Equipment in Building 500 (NAS 3-27603). As a point of reference, the combined number of employees on the above three contracts is approximately one hundred (100) employees. In order to ascertain the method of procurement for the services outlined above, qualified small businesses and/or 8(a) firms are invited to submit a ''capability statement'' to LERC detailing all of their relevant technical qualifications. Interested firms should include in their capability statements information relative to past performance and experience in working with fixed priced performance based contracts with the federal government and with private industry in the technical areas outlined above, and detailed references to major clients. Interested firms must also demonstrate their ability to have an available line of credit of $3.5M during the life of the contract. The capability statement shall be no longer than twenty (20) pages in length. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this procurement is 8744 with a size standard of $20.0M. Interested firms should submit their capability statements to Steven L. Fedor, Small Business Officer, at 21000 Brookpark Road, Mail Stop 500-313, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 by close of business on July 24, 1996. Capability statements received after July 24, 1996 may not be considered. Please note that LERC has not yet made a decision as to which method of procurement will be used on the MOC2 procurement. LERC reserves the right to determine the appropriate method of procuring the above services based upon our analysis and evaluation of the capability statements. This reservation includes the potential of procuring MOC2 as a full and open competition, as a small business set-aside, or as a national 8(a) competition. (0184)

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