Northern Division, NAVFACENGCOM, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090

S -- JANITORIAL SERVICES, NAVAL INVENTORY CONTROL POINT, MECHANICSBURG, PA SOL N62472-98-D-0837 DUE 120599 POC Irene Katacinski, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0628. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice: The Department of Navy (DON) intends to issue a Invitation for Bid (IFB) by means of competitive 8(a) set-aside procedures with qualified (SBA certified) contractors. The contract will be a combination firm-fixed price, indefinite quantity contract with Service Contract Wages. The contractor shall furnish everything needed to provide janitorial services in accordance with the contract requirements. The contractor will furnish all labor, supervision, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, management and supplies necessary to perform the requirements described in the contract. Janitorial service applies to all designated spaces including, but not limited to halls, restrooms, office space, work areas, entrances, exterior areas around buildings, lobbies, storage areas, elevators and stairways. The terms of this contract is for one Base period of twelve (12) months plus four (4) twelve month option years. Services to begin 1 October 1999. The SIC Code is 7349 and theSmall Business Size Standard is $12.0 million are applicable to this contract. In accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(7), availability of the solicitation will be limited to the electronic medium. Plans and Specifications will NOT be directly provided in a paper hard copy format or CD ROM. The address for downloading this solicitation from the Internet is address: http://www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil/code02.html Downloading from the Internet is free of charge, however, some plans and specifications will take a considerable amount of time to download. All prospective offerors are encouraged to register on the Northern Division Internet ebs web site for this project when plans and specifications become available. Official Planholders will be maintained on and can be printed from the website. Planholders lists will not be faxed and will only be available from the website. Contractors interested in obtaining notification when the Invitation for Bid package is electronically posted on the Internet should fax to Ms SheilaBrown at (610) 595-0644 on your company letterhead the following information: Solicitation Number and Title of Project, Complete Address, Point of Contact, Area code and phone number, Area code and fax number, E-mail address, identify whether the firm is a prime contractor, sub-contractor or supplier, indicate whether the firm is a 8(a) (SBA certified contractor), small business, small disadvantaged business, large business and if the firm is a women owned business. Recording companies and Blueprint companies are also required to forward their information via fax. Notification of any changes to this solicitation (amendments) shall be made only on the Internet. It is therefore the contractor's responsibility to check the internet site listed below daily for any posted changes to the solicitations plans and specifications, which will be available on or about 05 September 1999. Per the Debt Collections Improvement Act of 1996, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFAR) has been amended to require all contractors to register in the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. Be advised for solicitations issued after May 31, 1998, failure to register in the CCR makes an offeror ineligible for award of DOD contracts. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing our website at http:/www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil. or by referring to DFARS Subpart 204.703. Offerors should submit vertification of their firm's registration in the CCR Database with their proposal. (Many firms and commercial printing services have the capability to print the IFB and IFB planholders list off the internet). This is a pre-solicitation notice only. Exact IFB issuance and closing dates, as well as the date and location of the pre-proposal conference, will be set forth in the second CBD synopsis for this acquisition, which will be issued prior to release of the IFB. FAX technical questions concerning this project to Irene Katacinski at (610) 595-0644. Posted 07/21/99 (I-SN357229). (0202)

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