Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Contracts & Purchases Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, N.E, Rm 419, Atlanta, GA 30305

S -- VESSEL INSPECTIONS FOR RODENT INFESTATION SOL 97-169(Q) DUE 082297 POC Anne Wright, Purchasing Agent This announcement is being modified to change the classification code from F to S and to delete information that was inadvertently submitted in the original notice. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeks to procure vessel inspection services, on a as needed basis, for rodent infestation and issuance of Deratting/Deratting Exemption Certificates on Government standardized and issued forms. Services shall be provided at 85 ports throughout the coastal United States. Minimum vendor experience: (1) licensed pest control operator, and/or (2) one year experience in vessel rodent infestation inspection. The period of performance will be one year from the award date. Offerors are advised that this Request for Quotations (RFQ) is issued utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures. SIC Code 7342, 5M Gross annual reciepts is applicable to this small business set-aside. Multiple awards are anticipated through Government Purchase Orders. All responsible offerors shall submit a request for RFQ package in writing to address listed in (7) above, Attn: Anne Wright or via Fax at (404)842-6896. Each location will have an individualized RFQ package, therefore offerors must indicate specifically their location preference. Listed are the Quarantine Station locations and the number of ports serviced: Los Angeles, CA. (12 ports to include California and Texas); San Francisco, CA. (15 ports California only); Miami, FL. (12 ports to include Florida, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands); Chicago, Illinois (2 ports to include Illinois and Minnesota); New York, NY (32 ports to include Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode, Island, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware); Seattle Washington; Atlanta, Georgia (14 ports to include Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and North Carolina). Telephone responses will not be accepted. RFQ packages will be available on or about August 1, 1997. Closing dates for submission of RFQ responses is August 22, 1997. See Note(s): 1. (0198)

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