National Park Service, Contracts and Property Program, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127

B -- SERVICEWIDE HOUSING INVENTORY AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT SURVEY POC Dyra Monroe, Contract Specialist (202) 565-1154. The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking sources from qualified contractors to perform a servicewide housing inventory and condition assessment and needs assessment survey. The inventory of housing units under the jurisdiction of the NPS is 4700 or more spread throughout all of the United States including Alaska and Hawaii. About 50% of the NPS housing inventory is over 30 years old. Roughly 60% of the NPS housing inventory are used year-round by permanent employees. The remaining 40% are used by seasonal employees, VIPs, researchers, interns, etc. The scope of this contract is to analyze the need for employee housing at each site; develop maintenance standards; field test those standards by evaluating existing information, conducting site reviews, market analyses and physical inspections; and preparing a report which will contain a complete presentation of findings supported by field inspection data and related documentation. Reports should be developed in a database compatible with data collected in the NPS developed Inventory and Condition Assessment Program (ICAP). ICAP comprises a series of procedures, nomenclature standards, and a supporting computer program for recording park asset and feature inventories; recording the physical condition of park assets and features; and identifying specific work tasks to be performed on park assets and features. The computer program was developed using dBase III PLUS and compiled using Clipper 5.2. This program was designed to store, retrieve, view and print graphic images of assets and can exchange data with other NPS information systems. It also includes the ability to roll up selected portions of the data for reporting to higher levels within the National Park Service. The offeror must be knowledgeable and have a track record of accomplishments to meet the stated project objectives and to conduct the necessary work as required. Please submit within 15 days from the date of this notice, brochures, information, capabilities statements or management plans statingthese requirements can be met by your company. Submit them to Dyra A. Monroe, Contract Specialist, Contracts & Property Program, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127. If a solicitation should result from this sources sought synopsis all responses will be included on the bidders mailing list.~ (0100)

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