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Z -- DINING HALL AND DORMITORY, KEESLER AFB, BILOXI, MS SOL N62467-98-R-0935 DUE 101399 POC POC: Debby Taylor, Code 0212DT, FAX # (843) 818-6313 The government intends to issue this solicitation exclusively through the Internet. The entire solicitation, including plans and specifications, is available for viewing and downloading at http://www.efdsouth.navy.mil/eb/. Prospective Offerors are encouraged to register themselves on the web site. The official plan holders list will be maintained and can be printed from the web site. Amendments will be posted on the web site for downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments; therefore, IT IS THE OFFEROR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEB SITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS SOLICITATION. Plan Holders List can be obtained from the Internet at http://www.chas.sebt.daps.mil. For inquiries about Receipt of Proposal or Number of Amendments Issued contact Susan Clark at 843/820-5775. The project includes the construction of two permanent, (10,000 square meters Dormitory and 3,200 square meters) masonry buildings and demolition of up to three large masonry dormitory buildings. The new dormitory will contain living units with toilet rooms, briefing room, storage, computer rooms, offices, and miscellaneous spaces. The dining hall includes dining, serving, cooking, food storage, office, a central food preparation and baking wing, equipment, and miscellaneous spaces. The project includes integrated site development, utility, and incidental work to provide complete and usable facilities. Major trades include: masonry, fire sprinklers, manual and automatic fire and smoke detection, gypsum wallboard walls and ceilings, variable air volume space conditioning, plumbing, mechanical, elevator, electrical, telephone distribution, data network, CATV, lightning protection, landscaping with irrigation, paving, utilities, hazardous materials abatement (asbestos and lead), building demolition and disposal, and others. The design shall conform to criteria and specifications provided by the Government, and otherwise as approved by the Government. The project is subject to Congressional action.Options shall include kitchen equipment and an emergency generator. There will be 60 calendar days from contract award to exercise options. Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the government's best interests, the government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The solicitation for the acquisition of these new facilities is formatted as a Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with the requirements designated by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 for negotiated procurements. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to this solicitation that will be the "BEST VALUE" to the Government, price and technical factors considered. Proposers will be evaluated on: (1) Past Performance, (2) Small Business Subcontracting Effort, (3) Technical Qualifications, and (4) Management and Control. All factorsare of equal significance. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all offers at any time prior to award; to negotiate with any or all offerors to award the contract to other than the offeror submitting the lowest price; and to award to the offeror submitting the proposal determined by the Government to be the most advantageous to the Government equipment and emergency generator. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT AN AWARD MIGHT BE MADE WITHOUT DISCUSSION OR ANY CONTACT CONCERNING THE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED. Offers should be submitted in the most FAVORABLE TERMS. Offerors should not assume that they would be contacted or afforded an opportunity to qualify, discuss, and/or revise their proposals. FIRMS SUBMITTING PRICE AND TECHNICAL PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR SUBMITTED SPECIFICATION OR DOCUMENTATION. THIS PROPOSAL IS ADVERTISED AS UNRESTRICTED. Estimated cost of project is $18,000,000 to $23,000,000. Estimated duration of the contract is 820 days for completion. The SIC Code for this project is 1522. Receipt of proposals is due 13 October 1999. Posted 08/24/99 (W-SN371628). (0236)

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