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M -- OPERATE & MAINTAIN THE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT LONGHORN ARMY PLANT, KARNACK, TX. SOL DAAA0999R0076 POC Contracting Officer: Bob Matthys WEB: Click Here to download copy of RFP, http://www4.ioc.army.mil/scripts/padds_web/open4.asp. SYNOPSIS-IOC US ARMY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (IOC) TITLE: Operation and Maintenance of the Groundwater Treatment Plant at Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Karnack, TX. SOLICITATION NUMBER: DAAA09-99-R- 0076 Point of Contact: Contracting Officer, Bob Matthys. No telephone request will be honored. This procurement will be full and open competition. All qualified contractors are encouraged to apply. Issue Date: On about February 8, 1999. This solicitation will be issued via the Internet and can be viewed or downloaded at http://www4.ioc.army.mil/scripts/padds_web/open4.asp. No hard copies of the solicitation will be issue. It is the responsibility of the interested contractor to extract all information via the Internet. Bid Closing Date: Approximately March 10, 1999 Award Date: On or before March 31, 1999. U.S. Army, Headquarters, Industrial Operations Command (HQ's IOC) intends to contract for the services to Operate and Maintain the Groundwater Treatment Plant at Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Karnack, TX. The new contractor shall assume responsibility for the most efficient operation, maintenance, monitoring, and management of the treatment plant for one year, with an additional one-year extension at the option of the Government. The contractor is responsible for the equipment, processes, systems, and appurtenances associated with the existing Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant On-Site Remedial Treatment System and its ancillary extraction pumping and monitoring systems. It is anticipated that the previous operator will have contract close out personnel on-site through April 30, 1999 or as negotiated in the contract for this effort. The new contractor will be responsible for plant startup and verifying any advice or assistance provided by the previous operator. The new contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, utilities, and materials to operate, monitor, manage, and maintain the existing On-Site Remedial Treatment System and pumping and monitoring systems. A firm fixed price contract is contemplated. Interested contractors can schedule a preproposal site visit. Instructions for arranging a preproposal site visit are explain in the solicitations Scope of Work. Contract award will be made ONLY to a qualified contractor who has demonstrated previous experience and actual hands on operation of a ground water pump and treat system. Interested contractors will be required to provide references of who they operated the pump and treat system for, where they operated the system, and when they operated the system. Customer telephone numbers and points of contract will be required to verify past performance. Question can be e-mailed to the contracting officer at matthysb@ioc.army.mil Posted 01/25/99 (W-SN290996). (0025)

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