Federal Emergency Management Agcy, Acquisition Operations Division, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 350, Washington, DC 20472

Y -- ESTATE NAZARETH DISMANTLING PROJECT SOL EMW-1998-RP-0055 POC Gregory Blair, Contract Specialist 301/447-1455; H. Robert Weiss, Contracting Officer 202/646-3748 WEB: Click here for additional FEMA contracting opportunities, http://www.fema.gov/ofm/bidinfo.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, greg.blair@fema.gov. PRESOLICITATION NOTICE. The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to issue a Solicitation on or about July 1, 1998, for the Nazareth Estates Dismantling to provide the dismantling of fifty-one emergency housing units located at Estate Nazareth. The units were erected as a emergency shelter during Hurricane Marilyn and must be dismantled at this time. The work will include dismantling of housing units, includes salvaging of re-usable components, checking of utilities, packing of components, demolition of slabs and transportation of residual debris to sites located on St. Thomas. The solicitation is to be accomplished using competitive negotiation procedures. The Standard Industry Classification and small business size standard is SIC Code 1545 and $17 million, respectively. Prospective offerors are hereby notified that the resulting award will be made to the firm(s) whose proposal (both technical and price) represents the best value to the Government. Firms are advised that award may or may not bemade to the offeror with the lowest price. However, the price must bear a direct relationship to the quality of the technical proposal since, in this acquisition, the technical factors in their entirety are more important than price (best value). It is contemplated that multiple awards will be made. The estimated range of the total project is from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. A mandatory site visit will be conducted on St. Thomas to afford all interested firms with an opportunity to inspect and evaluate existing properties and site conditions which may impact contract performance. It should be noted that failure to attend the site visit will disqualify potential offerors. A Pre-proposal Conference will also be held in St. Thomas to afford all interested firms the opportunity to submit requests for clarification on the general/special terms and conditions of the solicitation and the technical plans and specifications. Additionally, presentations will be made by representatives of FEMA on contract requirements. Questions and answers discussed at the Pre-proposal Conference will be incorporated into an amendment to the solicitation and provided to all interested firms within a week after the conference. Firm planning to attend the site visit and Pre-proposal Conference are requested to confirm their attendance in writing or via facsimile to Maxine Fredericks. Upon receipt of your confirmation of attendance you will be provided with an information package giving details of the location and times of the site visit and the Pre-proposal Conference. Firms are requested to limit attendance to 2 representatives for the site visit and Pre-proposal Conference. The specifications and plans may be inspected without charge at the FEMA office. Contact Maxine Fredericks to made arrangements. Firms wishing to receive a copy of the technical plans and specifications should send a check for $25.00 made payable to the U.S. Treasurer. The plans and sepcifications will not be furnished as part of the Request for Proposal. All firms interested in participating in the site visit and the Pre-proposal Conference should review the draft plans and specifications so that they are prepared to ask for any needed clarifications, provide comments or hold discussions regarding improvements. Award is tentatively scheduled for early October and it is estimated that the period of performance will be 120 days. Firms interested in receiving the Request for Proposals, including any changes to the draft plans and specifications, are requested to contact Ms. Maxine Fredericks (@ (340) 714-1602 or via fax @ (340) 714-1601 (0163)

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