Officer in Charge of Construction, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California 93555-6100

M -- CA STUDY OF THE CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES DIVISION, FOR THE BASE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF NAWCWPNS SOL N62474-98-R-3110 POC Victoria D. Wintjen, Contracting Officer (760-939-4424) or Mike Thorpe (760-939-4435) This is a sources sought synopsis seeking potential Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Women-owned Small Business firms that have an interest in submitting a proposal as a prime contractor only. The acquisition will be conducted in accordance with A-76 regulations. The Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California is conducting a cost comparison study of the Construction Maintenance and Utilities Division, for the Base Operations and Maintenance services in support of NAWCWPNS. The acquisition will provide for the labor, equipment, materials, supervision, and management to accomplish the services for maintaining, operating repairing and altering facilities, equipment, and utilities infrastructure, as well as, providing range services in support of the NAWCWPNS mission. Representative tasks are: repair, alteration, construction and equipment installation for buildings and structures; operation, maintenance and repair of dynamic equipment; operation, maintenance and repair of air conditioning, refrigeration, and heating equipment; maintenance and repair of electrical transmission and distribution systems; operation, maintenance and repair of heating plants and distribution systems; operation, maintenance and repair of water plants and distribution systems; operation, maintenance and repair of wastewater collection systems; operation, maintenance and repair of fire protection systems; providing, project estimating, scheduling and production control services; manning a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365/6 days a year, operational, maintenance, and repair service trouble desk and dispatching function to provide service call work; providing range services and other miscellaneous services. The proposed procurement is to be issued as a combination of a Firm Fixed-Price and Indefinite Quantity type contract. The contract duration is for one (1) base year and four (4) option years. All sources shall be able to have a Top Secret clearance, and be able to maintain a minimum bonding level of $1,000,000.00 for the IQ portion of the contract. Interested sources shall provide the following information regarding their qualifications, capabilities, and experience: (1) Financial Capability: Provide financial statement showing capability to handle a contract of up to $20 million a year, (2) Bonding: Provide maximum bonding capability, (3) Past Performance: Provide references including contract numbers and point of contacts and phone numbers for relevant (similar in scope and complexity) projects performed during the last three years. These may be government or commercial. (4) Experience: Briefly describe the contracts or programs that your firm has worked in the last 5 to 7 years that show experience in performing, and overall management of, similar types of contracts (similar in scope and complexity) and show the experience of key managers, (5) Management Structure: Provide your proposed management structure for this contract with a brief description of the lines of responsibilities; and (6) Small Business Certification; Provide a self-certification that you are a small business for this SIC code and size standard. This information is required in writing and failure to provide information on any of the criteria above (#1 and #6) will result in your firm being excluded from further consideration. A 20 page limitation is established. This information must be submitted no later than close of business April 21, 1998 and may be faxed to Victoria Wintjen at (760) 939-8567. If adequate interest is not received from Small Business firms, the solicitation, the acquisition will be solicited on an "UNRESTRICTED" basis. The solicitation release date has been suspended pending evaluation of the requested information. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 8744. The small business size standard is $20 million. This request for information is not a commercial solicitation and the Government will not pay for either any information submitted, nor for any costs associated with providing this information. (0090)

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