ASC/EMK, 1801 Tenth Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7626

Z -- OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS OF AIR FORCE PLANT 42, PALMDALE, CA SOL n/a POC Dan Lyons, (937) 656-4395, ext 425, Buyer/Gail M. Porumb, Contracting Officer, ext 404 The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) is contemplating a new contract for the Operations and Maintenance of Common Areas at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale CA. The successful contractor will be required to provide the personnel, program management staff, services, and limited equipment to accomplish the total contract operation of the common areas of Air Force Plant 42. The Performance Work Statement will be published in the Wright Patterson AFB PreAward Information Exchange System (PIXS) at www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil in approximately 2 weeks. Other proposal documents will be posted in PIXS as they become available. The Government estimate of number of contract employees is 100 to 150. There is no reason for expertise specific to AFP42 under this contract. Contract performance is anticipated to begin July 00 with a 60-90 day transition period. It will be a one (1) year contract with four (4), one (1) year options. Accountability and operations will include, but not be limited to the operation of the facility in accordance with all applicable Air Force and DoD regulations and Federal, State (California) and County (Los Angeles) laws. The Contractor must develop and submit a Contractor Quality Control Plan to ascertain compliance with all contractual requirements. The Contractor must provide fire protection of government and contractor-owned personal property. The Fire protection program includes: structural fire protection; rescue operations; emergency medical and emergency transportation service; airport crash, fire and rescue services; hazardous material response; mutual aid service and fire alarm communication dispatch 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Fire prevention, fire extinguisher maintenance and inspection in the common area and training shall also be provided. Fire Department Personnel will be required to obtain National Agency Check for a trustworthy determination. Fire Department Officers will be required to obtain/possess a Secret Clearance based on an investigation within the last 5 years. For the common areas, the contractor must provide security/law enforcement, engineering services, vehicle maintenance, airfield maintenance, general maintenance and operation/maintenance of the telecommunications system and information management systems. Contractor must also provide accountability of government-owned real and personal property. Contractor shall be responsible for completing or subcontracting Capital-Type Rehabilitation (CTR) projects. The maintenance requirements include: airfield pavements; roads, walkways and parking areas; grounds; storm drainage system; buildings and structures; air compressor systems; wellhouses, water reservoirs, pump stations, pumps, water lines, valves and equipment; custodial services and refuse disposal, rodent and pest control; electrical utility systems; petroleum, oil, lubricant and aircraft fuels storage, refueling and defueling operations and maintenance; transient alert; vehicle maintenance and repair; performance of services during crises declared by the National Command Authority. Industrial safety service requirements are in support of the Contractor's safety program to support Maintenance Department operations and all other safety related services required. Adherence with the Air Force directed safety program at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale CA is also required. The Contractor shall develop and conduct an Occupational Safety and Health Program IAW federal, state, local and Air Force directives. Engineering Services are in support of: Maintenance Department operations; Budget Estimate Submittal (BES) and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submittal; Capital Type Rehabilitation (CTR) program; Environmental Programs; quality control for taskings performed by sub-contractors or in-house work forces; energy conservation program; maintenance of plant-wide as-built drawing files and associated information library; reproduction services; pavement (airfield and roadway) inspections; engineering certifications (in house, subcontracted or corporate); work requests and submittals.Telecommunications requirements include: telephone systems support; radio communication systems support; office automation systems support; computer network system support; inter-plant mail and courier service; and photographic services support. Security Force Guard Services require: management of security force guard services; contract security guard support services; contract security guard force services; searches and inspections and the authority to bear arms. All persons hired to perform security guard service duties must possess or be able to obtain a favorable National Agency Check for a trustworthy determination to be made by the government. The Chief, Contract Security Forces must possess a security clearance at the "Secret" level. A response to this pre-solicitation notice must include the following minimum required information: A) Description of previous operational experience of government-owned or industrial facilities, including contract number(s) (if applicable), location and ownership of the facility, total dollar value of the contract, type of contract (DoD or commercial), total operational time of facility, reason for termination or cancellation, and a point of contact for verification; B) Prospective offerors should provide a brief capability statement (10 pages or fewer) with enough detail to indicate a clear understanding of the requirement and to demonstrate a reasonable expectation of being able to perform on this contract. C) In the brief, explain the strategy/methodology that would be used to staff this contract based on a start date of July 00. D) Assume that Government Furnished Property (GFP) will be provided and that Contractor personnel will be required to maintain it. E) The Air Force is contemplating setting this acquisition aside for Small Businesses or Competitive 8(a) Businesses if they demonstrate interest and capability to compete. SIC Code 8744, Base Maintenance applies to this acquisition with a small business standard of $20M gross revenue average over the last three years. Prospective sources must indicate both their size with respect to the above standard and if they are a small business or an 8(a) business. F) Response must include all of the requested information in both hard copy and in WORD 6.0 format and must be received no later than 30 days after the publication date of this synopsis. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. Mr. Stephen Plaisted, ASC/SY has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of an Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact Dan Lyons at (937)476-4395 extension 425. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Mr. Plaisted can be reached at (937)255-9095. Direct all requests for solicitations and routine communication concerning this acquisition to Dan Lyons, Contract Negotiator, ASC/EMK, at (937) 656-4395 extension 425 Posted 09/26/98 (W-SN254785). (0269)

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