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P -- CLEANING OF TWO (2) DE-WATERING PONDS AND DISPOSAL OF GREASE PIT MATERIAL SOL M00681-98-R-A029 DUE 071498 POC P. Rico (760) 725-8131 or fax (760) 725-8445 E-MAIL: Patty Rico, Contract Specialist, ricog@pendleton.usmc.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation Number is M00681-98-T-1409 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-13. The Standard Industrial Code is 4953 and the business size standard is NTE 100 employees. The agency need is for the cleaning of two (2) de-watering ponds. This requirement is for a fixed price contract for the following line item: 0001 -- One-Time Cleaning of two (2) Gunite Lined De-Watering Ponds aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and the Off-Site Disposal of Grease Pit Material. De-Watering Ponds provide a location whereby water, which is concurrently and unavoidably pumped out of dining facilitiy grease traps (along with the intended grease) is drained off from a tank semi-trailer into which the grease trap contents are pumped. The de-watering ponds are below ground level (+/- 3' dp) separated by an above ground level access rdwy, paved with 4 inch hot-mixed asphalt concrete. Each has 30' x 70' sloped sides and a sloped bottom. The bottom of each pond is gunited with approximately 600 linear feet of 4 inch diamater perforated plastic pipe placed in a herringbone pattern above the gunite. The plastic pipe is interconnected through the center access road levee via solid plastic pipe, then continuing underground to connection at nearest manhole. The perforated pipe laying atop the gunited bottom of each pond is subsequently covered with approximately one (1) foot of one and one-half inches of rock, then capped with one (1) foot of sand, to allow the water to perc through the sand and eventually into the sewer system, while any unseparated grease would remain on top of the sand. Cleaning to be performed at the 43 Area, North of Pulgas Road, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA on or about 20 July 1998. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items applies. Offerors are required to complete and include a copy of the following provisions with their proposals: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- Commercial Items; DFARS Clause 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items and addendum clause DFARS 252.225-7035, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act -- Balance of Payments Program Certificate. FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items applies to this purchase. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; and FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable to paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7007, Trade Agreements; DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities; DFARS 252.225-7036, North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; and DFARS 252.247-7024, Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. Any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation will be a DO rated order certified for national defense use under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System. Offers must be received no later than 3:00 PM, local time, 14 July 1998. Offers sent via the US Postal Service should be mailed to the Contracting Office, USMC, P O Box 1609, Oceanside, CA 92055. All offers not sent through the US Postal Service will be considered to be hand carried and direct delivered. Hand carried offers must be delivered to and placed in the depository located in Building 22180, Contracts Division, Camp Pendleton, CA. Direct delivery of offers is only possible during weekdays, excluding federal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:30 pm. Offers may also be submitted via facsimile number (760) 725-8445, Attn: Patty Rico. This procurement is prepared utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Posted 06/29/98 (0180)

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