US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center Huntsville, 4820 University Square, Huntsville, AL 35816-1822

U -- DEVELOP AND/OR REVISE COURSE MATERIALS AND TEACH SOL DACW87-99-Q-0073 DUE 042699 POC Nadine Maack, 256-895-1129, e-mail: myra.n.maack@hnd01.usace.army.mil E-MAIL: brenda.j.furlow@hnd01.usace.army.mil, myra.n.maack@hnd01.usace.army.mil. 17. Offeror shall provide all services, personnel, material, audio-visuals aids, training aids and travel and lodging to revise and present a course of instruction entitled "Architectural Hardware -- Specifications." The course is designed enable students to develop skills oriented to specifying or approving builder's hardware used in building construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The course covers current industry practices and specifications, problems involved in scheduling hardware, and effective quality assurance. The course presents architectural hardware fundamentals including materials and finishes; purpose, use and application of the various hardware items, basic information on door and frames; and the fundamentals of preparation and use of hardware schedules. Emphasis is placed on selecting proper hardware, specifying hardware, and preparing and reading hardware schedules. This is a firm-fixed price type contract. Course session shall take place on June 7-11, 1999 in Norfolk, Virginia. Course length is 36 hours, with an estimated 35 students. The instructor staff shall consists of a minimum of two and maximum of four instructors. Instructors proposed to teach shall be delineated in the proposal. Each instructor should have a minimum of ten years of experience in the architectural hardware industry. Each instructor shall be certified as an Architectural Hardware Consultant or as a certified Door Consultant. Copy of certificate shall be provided. Each instructor shall have had 175 hours of training experience during the past five years in architectural hardware-related courses. This training experience shall have involved instructing adult learners in a work-related rather than an academic setting. Each instructor shall have utilized the Corps of Engineers Guide Specifications within the past three years. Required experience must be documented in a resume for each instructor. Additionally, to be considered eligible for award, the successful offeror must: 1) be registered with the DOD Central Contractor Registration. The following internet site is provided for registration information: //ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccragent/plsql/ccr.welcome, or you may call 888-227-2423 to obtain a registration packet. 2) Provide a DUNS number which may be obtained through information at the following internet site://www.dnb.com/, or by calling 800-234-3867. Evaluation criteria will be set forth in the solicitation scheduled to be issued on or about April 2, 1999. Copies of the solicitation may be obtained by written request at no cost. One set of course material may be obtained from this office at a cost of $35.00 (non-refundable). Payment must be made by certified check, cashier's check, or money order payable to: Finance and Accounting Officer, USAESCH. Telephonic requests will not be honored. This is a 100% set aside for small business procurement. The Standard Industrial Code is 8299. For the purpose of this solicitation, any concern whose gross annual receipts over the past three years does not exceed $5,000,000 is considered a small business!! Posted 03/24/99 (W-SN312270). (0083)

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