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S -- BASE MAINTENANCE AT FAMILY HOUSING AREAS SOL DTCG89-99-R-6SH002 DUE 042599 POC Contact Bid Issuing Clerk at 510/437-3006/Contracting Officer Ms. Isabel Burge, 510/437-5915 The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for Small Business Concerns. SIC Code 8744 applies. The size standard is no more than $20 million. This is a new requirement without acquisition history. Contractor shall perform Base Maintenance at Family Housing Areas in Novato, Calif. and Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, Calif. Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment and transportation for management, operation, maintenance, repair, alteration and repair of housing units, facilities, structures, utilities including pest control and janitorial services. Work will include change of occupancy maintenance, painting, electrical, carpentry and plumbing work to interior and exterior of housing units, as well as, pesticide application, and miscellaneous house cleaning and janitorial tasks. The solicitation will include fixed-price service items, as well as task hour, and unit priced indefinite quantity line items. Both the Service Contract Act and Davis-Bacon Act will apply. A technical proposal will be required, award will be made on best value to the Government. Notification to unsuccessful offerors will be given only if requested. Offeror's will be required to submit a price proposal and a technical proposal under separate cover. The base period of performance is anticipated to be 01 October 1999 through 30 September 2000. There will be four (4) one year option periods; if all options are exercised the contract will end on 30 September 2004. An offer guarantee and performance and payment bonds will be required. The solicitation will be issued o/a 15 March 1999 with a closing date of 25 April 1999. All eligible Small Business firms are encouraged to request a copy of the solicitation as expeditiously as possible by U.S. Mail to the address indicated above. Written request shall include a return mailing address, telephone, facsimile number, Point of Contact and solicitation number. Requests for copies of the solicitation will NOT be taken over the telephone. This Notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contracts. This is applicable to any eligible prime or subcontract at any tier. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, payment, and performance bonds up to $1.0 million per contract. The DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. Loans are also available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000. For further information regarding the bonding and lending programs, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. Posted 02/24/99 (W-SN301849). (0055)

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