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S -- REFUSE AND TRASH COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SOL RFP 05-3K06-99 POC Contact Contracting Officer, Sharon Boykin at (301) 504-1710 S -- The Agricultural Research Service is conducting market research to identify 8(a) firms as prospective offerors to provide trash/refuse collection and disposal for the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), the National Agricultural Library (NAL), located in Beltsville, Maryland and the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA), located in Washington DC. The Standard Industrial Classification code is 4953. Interested parties are requested to submit a capability statement detailing experience/qualifications, years of experience and recent contracts performed within the past 5 years. For each contact listed, give the following information: Name, address and telephone number of the contracting organization, the project officer, and contracting officer; date of the contract or period of performances, and a brief description of contract work, scope, and responsibilities. All expressions of interest/qualifications shall be submitted in writing to the contracting office identified above no later than February 18, 1999. Posted 01/19/99 (W-SN289197). (0019)

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