Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Regional Contracts Dept, Attn: Bid Officer/Code 210A94, 937 N. Harbor Drive, Suite 212, San Diego, CA 92132-0212

M -- MANAGE SAN DIEGO AREA REGIONAL NAVY CHILD CARE PROGRAM SOL N00244-97-R-05126 POC Contract Specialist Sandra Jones (619) 532-2886; Contracting Officer, S.K. Wasson Interested sources are sought to provide overall provision and management of the delivery of child care services for the following activities/locations in the vicinity of San Diego, CA: Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego; Naval Amphibious Base (AMPHIBASE) Coronado; Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar; NAS North Island; Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) San Diego; Naval Station (NAVSTA) San Diego; and Naval Medical Center (NMC) San Diego. The Contractor shall provide child care for up to approximately 4,000 dependent children of eligible sponsors in the San Diego area, through a combination of some or all of the following: Contractor operated Child Development Centers located at the bases listed above; Family Child Care (FCC) within the homes of military personnel residing on Government installations; Family Child Care within the homes of military personnel residing off of government installations; and commercial Child Care Centers within the community. The Contractor may use these types of providers in any combination to achieve provision of the total required number of spaces, subject to the terms, conditions, and limitation of the solicitation. Statutory requirements that will apply include: Military Child Care Act of 1989, Crime Control Act of 1990, and Service Contract Act (SCA) of 1965 (SCA will not apply to FCC providers). An award decision is estimated late in 1998. A firm fixed price contract with award fee provisions is anticipated for a base and four option years. This solicitation is part of a Government cost comparison to determine whether accomplishing the specified work under contract or by Government performance is more economical. Government employees shall have the right of first refusal for employment. If Government performance is determined to be more economical, this solicitation will be canceled and no contract will be awarded. Interested sources should respond in writing. Draft copies of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be available for review and comment by June/July 1997. The Draft Performance Work Statement for the San Diego Area Regional Navy Child Care Program can be viewed at http://www.sd.fisc.navy.mil or a copy can be requested by mail from the address in paragraph 7 above or by fax from Mr. W. Rodriguez, Code 210A9, at (619) 532-2575. The Standard Industrial Classification number is 8351. The Solicitation will require the submission of price, technical and past performance information. See Note 26. (0163)

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