Northern Division, NAVFACENGCOM, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090

Z -- BOILER PLANT MODIFICATION, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, KITTERY, ME. SOL N62472-96-R-0451 DUE 013197 POC Patti Hemingway, Contract Specilaist, 610-595-0630. This is a Procurement Notice. The Department of the Navy intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Boiler Plant Modifications at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the following evaluation factors: 1) Price, 2) Technical/Management factors including a)Experience, b)Schedule, c)Corporate Management, and d) Selected System/Products/Subcontractors. This work includes modernizing and converting the four existing field erected boilers in the boiler plant, Building #72, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, to fire natural gas and #2 fuel oil as the plant fuels in lieu of the existing #6 fuel oil. It also replaces furnace refactory in three of the four boilers and brings the plant up to current environmental air emission requirements for these new fuels, and incidental related work. (NOTE: A supply of natural gas to the boiler plant from outside sources is not part of this contract.) Estimated cost range is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The SIC code is 1711 and the size standard is $7.0 million are applicable to this contract. The proposed contract (solicitation) will be issued as unrestricted. There will be a $95 fee required for bidding documents. The issue date is 13 December 1996 and the date of receipt of proposals is 31 January 1997 at 4:00 p.m. at Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090. A pre-proposal conference/site visit is scheduled for 09 January 1997. The contract completion is 1350 calendar days. Bidders/offerors interested in obtaining plans and specifications for this project must submit their request along with a business check or cashier check in the amount of $95.00 (NO FAXED REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED) to: Defense Printing Services Detachment Branch Office, ATTN: Ms. Donna Szlener, Philadelphia Naval Base, Building 77L, Philadelphia, PA 19112-5094. Each check must be made payable to the U.S. Treasury and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. Two sets of plans and specifications will be made available to those contractors who have tendered payment. If contract number is not annotated as required or check is not made payable to the U.S. Treasury, your check will be returned unprocessed. (No personal checks will be accepted. No plans and specifications will be issued until proper payment has been received). If you would like further information on the mailing of this solicitation package via expedited courier service please contact Ms. Donna Szlener, at 215-897-6551. For technical questions concerning the subject notice, please fax to Patricia Hemingway, at 610-595-0644, or call her at 610-595-0630. Proposals and the Solicitation is subject to evaluation criteria set forth in DFAR 252.219-7003 -- Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns- Construction Acquisitions -- Test Program (APR 1996). (0337)

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