USPFO for Utah, P.O. Box 2000, 12953 Minuteman Drive, Draper, UT 84020-2000

Z -- BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TASK ORDER CONTRACT (TOC) SOL DAHA42-99-R-0001 POC Contract Specialist, Diane N. Johnson (801) 595-2312 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: The USPFO for Utah is soliciting proposals for multiple award, multiple-year construction, maintenance and repair service contracts for all federal contract requirements within the dollar range of $2,500.00 to $1 million, located on the Utah Air National Guard Base, Salt Lake City, Utah. Task orders will be issued to Task Order (TOC)contractors based on the low competitive price or a combination of price and other factors (best value judgements) in accordance with FAR 16.505. Task orders will be issued for a period of one (1) calendar year from date of contract award, with options to extend for four (4) additional one-year periods. Task orders shall not exceed a cumulative amount of $3 million to any one contractor; and an individual task order shall not exceed $1 million. Source selection procedures in accordance with DFAR Part 215.605 shall be utilized for the basic TOC. Significant evaluation criteria for the basic contract in descending order of importance are: (1) Past performance to include company experience, recommendations of past customers, and Corp of Engineers Construction Contractor Appraisal Support System report history, (2) Capability to perform this work to include in-house skills/crafts, subcontractor capability, financial capacity to perform, and bonding capacity, (3) Technical management to include the experience of key staff personnel and demonstration of a quality control plan, (4) Contractor's ability to accurately estimate construction project costs by evaluating pricing for a prototypical project. Interested parties may submit a written request as to the interest of competing for the referenced TOC contracts. Letters will be sent out to all interested contractors responding to this notice informing them of the date and time of a preproposal conference detailing the contract. All responsible sources may submit a request, which shall be considered. This acquisition is unrestricted, however, to satisfy agency requirements, competition for some projects will be given only to small business, emerging small business, or SBA 8(a) contractors, provided they have been awarded a TOC.***** Posted 10/13/98 (W-SN261326). (0286)

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