U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Y -- FIRE TRAINING FACILITY, LAUGHLIN AFB, TX SOL DACA63-97-B-0041 DUE 070297 POC Tongee Flemming, Contract Specialist, (817) 978-3391 WEB: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, tongee.d.flemming@swf01.usace.army.mil. Y -- Fire Training Facility, Laughlin AFB, Texas. Construction of a Fire Training Facility includes: A 100 FT Diameter double lined and environmentally acceptable fire training pit; a large frame aircraft mockup; a two-story steel frame control stand; 12,000 gallon propane gas tank; pumps, piping, and storage system for gas and water; fencing, and an access road. ESTIMATED VALUE: $1,000,000 -$5,000,000. The plans and specifications have been placed on Compact Disk (CD-Rom) and will be provided free of charge. Plans and Specifications will not be provided in a printed paper hard copy format. Notification of Amendments shall be made through either 3.5" floppy disk, CD ROM, and/or the INTERNET. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD ROM and the INTERNET. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the INTERNET as notification of any changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this address: "http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil". Request by mail must be addressed to F&A Officer USAED FTW, and sent to: USACE, ATTN: Room 2A19, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300. NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED ON INITIAL MAILINGS OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Duration of contract is approximately 270 days. If a Large Business is selected for this announcement, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 clause requirement for a subcontracting plan. The Fort Worth District's subcontracting goal is for 55.0% to total subcontracted dollars to Small businesses; 8.5% to Small Disadvantaged Businesses; 3.0% to Women Owned Small Business; and 5.5 to HBCU/MI (where applicable). Offers from all responsible sources will be considered. SIC Code for this procurement is 1542, Small Business Size Standard is $17 Million. (0134)

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