NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 212, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Z -- CONSTRUCTION OF A LABORATORY ADDITION SOL RFO5-01197-106 POC Cheryl LeFebvre, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-9896, Fax (301)286-0247, Email Cheryl.A.LeFebvre.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Goddard Space Flight Center Procurement Home Page, http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/procure.htm. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offers for the construction of a laboratory addition to Building 20. The one story addition consists of approximately 400 gross square meters. The addition will house a Battery Test area and a Solar Simulator test area with supporting storage areas and a mechancial/electrical room. The project also includes renovation of adjacent office spaces in the exisiting building. The project will involve site work, concrete placement, structural steel, installation of partitions, doors and windows, architectural finishes, plumbing and piping systems, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning), and electrical work. The Base Bid includes all labor, material, equipment, and supervision necessary for all work associated with the construction of the laboratory addition, erosion and sediment control, site work and restoration of the existing new turf areas as indicated in the specifications, and the relocation of vacuum pumps. All labor, material, equipment, and supervisionnecessary for all work associated with Options one through three shall be proposed. Option item one is for the demolition of building 207 and restoration of the disturbed areas. Option item two is for landscaping, and Option item three is for the replacement of the existing doors at the vestibule area. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The order of magnitude for the procurement is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and and the effort shall be completed within 270 calendar days after notice to proceed. This procurement is part of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program.The Standard Industrial Classification Code for the procurement is 1542. All small business concerns are encouraged to submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. The corresponding size standard is $17 million.The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about March 1, 1997, with an anticipated offer closing date of on or about April 1, 1997. The firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO. Drawings will be available from the identified point of contact. Bid packages containing drawings and specifications are available at a nonrefundable cost of $50.00 each set. All checks shall be made payable to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Hard copies may be obtained from the identified point of contact; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the solicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0044)

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