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Z -- BOILER MAKE-UP WATER PRE-TREATMENT AND CONDENSATE POLISHING SYSTEMS UPGRADE, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, KITTERY, ME SOL N62472-97-B-6511 DUE 051097 POC Contracting Office Staff, (207) 438-4600. This is a pre-solicitation notice for this procurement. The work includes providing new ion based demineralized boiler make-up and condensate polishing systems. Project will also require construction of a steel and concrete extension of the existing boiler operating floor within the Power Plant, Building 72, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. The SIC code for this procurement is 1542 with a small business size standard of $17,000,000. The estimated cost range is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. This solicitation will be issued as unrestricted and subject to the evaluation criteria contained in DFARS 252.219-7008 entitled "Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business concerns -- Construction Acquisitions -- Test Program (APR 1996). All requests for solicitation must be in writing. A FAX is acceptable. FAX Number (207) 438-2916. (0069)

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