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Z -- RENOVATION OF BUILDING 009, HH 1-4 SOL 20-3K47-96 DUE 081696 POC Janice Speth, Contract Specialist, 301/504-6071. Paint halls and bathrooms; tile floors; replace exterior doors, jambs, & screen doors; and install new lights in Building 009, HH 1-4, in accordance with the Statement of Work. All work is to be completed within 90 calendar days following receipt of the Notice to Proceed. Magnitude of project is between $25,000 and $100,000. Only one site visit is scheduled. Refer to the Request for Quotation (RFQ) for date and time of site visit. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 1542 and the annual size standard is $17.0 million. This procurement is set-aside for Emerging Small Business (ESB) concerns. To qualify as an ESB, a small business concern's size must be no greater than 50 percent ($8.5 million) of the numerical size standard applicable to the SIC code assigned. Offerors are required to submit a quotation based on price and other factors for evaluation by the Government. A firm-fixed price purchase order will be awarded to the responsible offeror who submits the quotation considered most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the agency. The solicitation is scheduled to be issued on or about July 29, 1996. Offerors desiring a copy of the RFQ should submit a written request to the above address or requests may be faxed to 301/504-5009. No telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. Anticipated award date is September 6, 1996 (0187)

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