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Y -- CONSOLIDATED LABORATORY BUILDING -BUILDING 50, BID PKG NO. 2 SOL 263-98-P-(CL)-0102 POC Barbara Taylor, 301-435-4333 Pre-Solicitation Notice: Nationa Institutes of Health Consolidated Laboratory Facility (Building 50) -- Bid Package No. 2; Bethesda, MD: Provide all labor, material, equioment, etc. necessary to complete construction of the National Institutes of health Consolidated Laboratory Facility (Building 50). The project is a 23,040 sm. five story (plus basement and penthouse levels) research laboratory facility located on a 1.4 ha site. This is the second in a series of bid packages. Bid Package no. 1 included: construction of site enclosure fence; removal of site features includig paving, landscaping and utilities; construction of new sanitary and storm drains and electrical duct banks; installation of sheeting and shoring; mass excavation; and construction of caissons. Work of Bid Package No. 2 : includes but is not limited to ; construction of superstructure; building exterior enclosure; mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; interior partitions and finishes; fixtures, accessories and equioment;backfill, site development and landscaping. Estimated cost of construction is over $10,000,000. Estimated completion time is eight hundred and twenty one (821) calendar days from the Official Notice To Proceed. the Solicitation will be open to Large and Small business under SIC Code 1542. Contract Award will be made to the responsible Offeror whose offer. conforming to the conditions of the solicitation, is determined to be the most advantageous to the Government considering technical, management, past performance, price and other solicitation factors. No further information concerning the Project will be available until issue of the Solicitation Notice, which is expected to occur on or about November 18, 1997. (0314)

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