EFA Chesapeake Contracts Office, Stop 49, NAS, 22445 Peary Rd., Patuxent River, MD 20670-5504

Y -- EXTENSION TO THE FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, NAS, PATUXENT RIVER, MD SOL n62477-97-B-3017 DUE 060597 POC Contract Specialist, Barbara Thompson; Procurement Technician, Penny Rineer; (301) 342-3854 WEB: None, None. E-MAIL: None, None. This project is unrestricted to all businesses. The SIC Code for this acquisition is 1623, Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications and Power Line Construction. The small business size standard is $17,000,000.00. If the low, responsive, responsible, bidder is a large business firm a subcontracting plan is required to be submitted to the Contracting Officer prior to award. The intent is to procure by "Sealed Bidding" procedures, the provision and installation of tube cable capable of accepting air blown fiber optics. This requirement is to provide and secure extensions to the fiber cable plant and necessary incidental work that includes, but is not limited to trenching, excavating, and backfill, complete and ready for the installation of fiber optics cable backbone at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River and Webster Field Annex, St. Inigoes, Maryland. The work includes providing and installing manholes, cast in place concrete structures, pedestal enclosures, direct burial tube cable, tube cable in conduit, splice cases, network building service entrances, junction boxes, underground rigid metallic conduit, underground polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conduit, trenching, jack and boring, the replacement of any road marking that need to be on the road when making new patch with asphalt or cement, and incidental work. Sumitoma Electronic Industries (SEI) is the only known manufacturer of air-blown fiber optic technology. The successful bidder must be capable of installing SEI manufactured tube cable capable of accepting air-blown fiber optic strands. The successful bidder must be SEI certified and provide a current Air Blown Fiber unlimited license certificate prior to contract award. This requirement shall be awarded as an Indefinite Quantity Contract through sealed bidding. The estimated cost of construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The minimum guarantee is $500,000.00. The contract term will be for a period of one year with an additional 2 twelve month option periods. This requirement shall beawarded to the low, responsive bidder provided a determination of responsibility is made and the required documentation that the bidder is SEI certified prior to contract award. Do not call for additional technical information. Issuance of the Invitation for Bid is scheduled for 5 May 1997. THERE IS A $15.00 NON-REFUNDABLE FEE FOR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS/IFB. Checks should be made payable to the Treasurer of the United States of America. Mail or deliver your request for receiving plans and specifications to EFA Chesapeake Contracts Office, Facilities Maintenance Construction Branch, Building 504, 22445 Peary Road, Mailstop 49, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670-5504, Attn: Penny Reineer. There is a site visit scheduled for 15 May 1997, departing at 10:00 a.m. from the ROICC Office, 1st floor of Building 504 (22445 Peary Road). No appointment is necessary. Bid opening is scheduled for 5 June 1997 at 2:00 p.m. (0092)

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