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Z -- MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACTS (MATOC) FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES I N ARIZONA/NEVADA. SOL DACA09-99-R-0007 DUE 031699 POC ERROR -- Contract Specialist Sandy Oliver -- Hall ( 213)452-3243 This procurement consists of one solicitation with the intent to award a maximum of two Multiple Award Task Order (MATOC) Contracts. Offerors will be required to submit a technical proposal with a separate price proposal. The contracts will be awarded utilizing the trade off procedures. All contracts will be awarded to those firms providing the best value to the Government. The contracting officer may award based on initial offers received, without discussions of such offers. The award may be made to the superior offer which is not the lowest offered price, but which is sufficiently more technically advantageous than the lowest offer so as to justify the payment of a higher price. After award of the contracts, the Government will compete the work among the contractors based on performance and other factors set forth in the contract. Each awardee will be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for subsequent task orders, except under those circumstances described in FAR 16.505(b)(2). Task orders under these contracts could be issued in one of the following methods: (a) Competitive RFP, Firm Fixed Price; (b) Sole Source RFP, Firm Fixed Price; and (c) Time & Materials Task Order. The basic contract periods will be for 12 months or until the maximum contract not-to-exceed amount of $60,000,000 is awarded. The contracts will contain two 12 month option periods for a total maximum contract duration of 36 months or a maximum not-to-exceed value of $60,000,000, whichever occurs first. Each option period, if exercised, will have a minimum guaranteed amount of $250,000. Each individual contract will be legally bound by the minimum guaranteed amount of $500,000. The total combined contracts will be for a not-to-exceed amount of $60,000,000. The task order limits for each contract will be set at a maximum value of $15,000,000 per task order. The work will include construction, renovation, repairs, preventive maintenance, and environmental abatement in Arizona/Nevada including installations under the jurisdiction or that becomes under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles District during the life of these contracts. The contracts awarded under this solicitation are intended to provide a timely response to remediation/construction of real property (i.e., maintenance, repair, asbestos and lead-base paint abatement, removal of materials containing PCB=s, and construction situations relating, but not limited to, civil, mechanical, plumbing, structural, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), instrumentation, security and safety areas of Government facilities) in a cost effective manner. The Government will provide fully defined requirements for each task order which may include one or more of the following: performance based specifications, conceptual drawings and specifications or definitive designs with prescriptive specifications. The contractors may be required to participate in the development of the final scopes of work for individual task orders and may be required to provide incidental architectural or engineering services such as detailed shop drawings for construction specialties, work plans and other submittals in support of the construction, operation or maintenance of a facility or system. THIS SOLICITATION IS ISSUED ON AN AUNRESTRICTED@ BASIS INVITING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. All responsible sources may submit an offer. Small and disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses. In addition, this acquisition should provide ample subcontracting opportunities for small and small disadvantaged businesses. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subpart 19.7, the proposed acquisition shall require that any offeror (large businesses only) is to submit a subcontracting plan which shall set forth small, disadvantaged and women-owned business concerns subcontracting goals that are acceptable to the Government. The subcontracting goals for the Los Angeles District are: Small Business (SB) subcontracting goal 62%; Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) 10%; Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) 5%; and Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)(where applicable) 5.5%. The project will provide plans and specs using CD-ROM only; hard copies will not be available. Because a limited number of CD-ROMs will be reproduced, copies are limited to one CD-ROM per firm. A web site with the capability to view and/or download plans and specifications is available. To access the web site, visit the Los Angeles District Contracting Division at web site Internet address http://ebs.spl.usace.army.mil and click on Advertised Specifications. Official media of distribution of this solicitation is CD-ROM only. The tentative issue date of this solicitation is on or about February 5, 1999. Date for receipt of proposals is on or about March 16, 1999. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 1542, General Contractors-Nonresidential Buildings, Other Than Industrial Buildings and Warehouse,$17 M average annual gross revenue for the last (3) three fiscal years. Posted 01/19/99 (W-SN289253). (0019)

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