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

U -- WELDING DESIGN AND WELDING QV TRAINING COURSE SOL DACW87-99-Q-0161 DUE 101299 POC Joy Byrnes, (256)895-1119, Contract Specialist; Katherine Atkins (256)895-1163, Contracting Officer WEB: Doing business with HNC; Directorate of Contracting, http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist, Joy.R.Byrnes@HND01.usace.army.mil. The US Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, AL intends to award a firm fixed price commercial item contract for instructional services to conduct classes entitled "Welding Design" and "Welding QV". Offeror shall provide (other than those provided by the Government) all services, personnel, materials, audio visuals aids, audio-visuals equipment, training aids, lodging, and facilities necessary to present these courses of instruction. The Welding Design course teaches the student, with limited knowledge of welding or no background in welding, to create and draft replacement designs, to redesign or reinforce welding designs and to communicate this information to field personnel. All sessions of Welding Design will be conducted at the contractor's facility. The Welding Design course dates for session FY00-01 are 01-05 May 2000; optional session FY01-01 dates are 30 April 04 May 2001; and optional session FY02-01 dates are 29 April 03 May 2002. Session length is 36 hours, 4 days, and class size will be 20 students. The contractor shall provide a staff that is experienced in administering and instructing short courses of instruction. The instructor staff assigned to the Welding Design course shall consist of two to five instructors. Instructors shall have at least ten within the last 15 years experience working in welding design, operations, methods, testing, communications, and estimating; and, instructors shall have at least three within the last five years in teaching welding related courses of instruction. Welding QV teaches the student to interpret the various methods and techniques employed in weldments and assuring the quality of welds through lectures, conferences, and practical exercise sessions. All sessions of Welding QV will be conducted at the contractor's facility. The Welding QV course dates for session FY00-01 are 31 January 04 February 2000 and session FY00-02 dates are 28 February 03 March 2000. Optional session FY01-01 dates are 29 January 02 February 2001 and optional session FY01-02 dates are 26 February 02 March 2001. Optional session FY02-01 dates are 28 January 01 February 2002 and optional session FY02-02 dates are 25 February 01 March 2002. Session length is 36 hours, 4 days, and class size is 20 students. Offeror shall provide a staff that is experienced in administrating and instructing short courses of instruction. The instructor staff assigned to the Welding QV course shall consist of two to four instructors. Instructors shall have at least ten within the last 15 years experience working in welding design, operations, methods, testing, communications, and estimating; and, instructors shall have at least three within the last five years in teaching welding related courses of instruction. Additionally, to be considered eligible for award, the successful offeror must be registered with the DOD Central Contractor Registration. The following Internet site is provided for registration information: www.ccr2000.com or you may call 888-227-2423 to obtain a registration packet. Technical evaluation criteria shall be set forth in the solicitation, which shall be issued on or about 24 Sep 99 and all proposals are due by close of business 12 Oct 99. The solicitation will be posted on the Internet and will be accessible for download from US Army Engineering and Support Center home page at www.hnd.usace.army.mil. At home page select "Doing business with CEHNC; Directorate of Contracting; Business Opportunities/Electronics Bid Solicitations". If interested parties experience difficulties in downloading the solicitation, e-mail: Joy.R.Byrnes@HND01.usace.army.mil. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency. This is a 100% small business set aside. The Standard Industrial Code is 8299 with annual receipts not exceeding $5M. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 09/15/99 (W-SN380799). (0258)

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