FISC Norfolk Acq Group, Hampton Roads Detachment, 1968 Gilbert St., Suite 600, Norfolk, VA 23511-3392

U -- CONSTRUCTION SAFETY STANDARDS COURSE (A-493-0021) SOL N00189-00-R-0018 POC Diane Champion, Contract Specialist, (757) 443-1343 or Tami Hardison, Contracting Officer, (757) 443-1413 WEB: Click on open solicitations under N00189-00-R-0018, http://www.nor.fisc.navy.mil/contracts. E-MAIL: Contact Contract Specialist via e-mail, diane_champion@nor.fisc.navy.mil. The Government intends to negotiate an Indefinite Delivery/Requirements type contract with firm fixed unit prices for the instruction of Construction Safety Standards Course (A-493-0021), as required by the Naval Occupational Safety and Health, and Environmental Training Center, Norfolk, VA. The resulting contract will be from the date of award to 30 September 2000 with two one-year options. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 8299. Part I -- All responsible sources must submit resumes, past performance and pricing data to the Fleet & Industrial Supply Center by 2:00 p.m. on the date the offer is due. Two instructors are required to teach this course. Both instructor(s) must have a four (4) year baccalaureate degree and at least five (5) years of experience in occupational safety and health, and/or industrial hygiene, or any combination thereof, OR Instructor(s) must have a two (2) year associate degree and at least seven (7) years of experience in occupational safety and health, and/or industrial hygiene, or any combination thereof, OR Instructor(s) must have a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in occupational safety and health, and/or industrial hygiene, or any combination thereof, AND a minimum of three (3) years of instructional experience (ONE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE EQUATES TO A MINIMUM OF 160 HOURS OF CLASSROOM TRAINING TIME PER 12 MONTH PERIOD); AND of the three years of instructional experience, at least one (1) year of aforementioned experience must be in teaching Naval personnel, OR Instructor (s) must have at least three (3) years of active duty in the Navy with an honorable discharge, AND at least one (1) of the two instructors must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in either teaching construction safety standards, conducting construction safety inspections, performing construction safety consulting services, or any combination thereof. Offerors shall submit resumes on the provided resume form included in the RFP. Offerors shall describe their past three (3) years, which are of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity to that required by the solicitation, or affirmatively state that they possess no relevant, directly related, or similar past performance. Offerors who have held similar contracts shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contract to the requirements of this RFP and shall provide the following information: Contract Number(s); name and telephone number of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), or point of contact at the activity for which the contract was performed; Dollar value of the contract; Detailed description of the work performed; Number of subcontractors used, if any, and a description of the extent of work performed by them. The Government shall assess the risks associated with the offeror's past performance and consider the number, type and severity of any quality, delivery or cost problems in performing the contract, the corrective action taken, and effectiveness of the corrective action. If resumes are determined to be un acceptable by the technical evaluation committee, offerors will not be given the opportunity to correct the resumes. Only those offerors whose resumes are determined to be acceptable will continue to Part II -- Evaluation for Award. Part II consists of the technical proposal which will be an oral presentation; written material; and price proposal. The Government will present identical questions to each offeror to test their knowledge of construction safety standards during clarification of oral presentation time. Potential offerors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available by downloading the documents at FISC Norfolk Website: http://www.nor.fisc.navy.mil/contracts/solicitations/default.htm or at http://neco.navy.mil, and this office will no longer issue hard-copy solicitations. In order for this office to obtain a Bidder's List, potentital offerors must submit written requests to the above address or by facsimile machine at (757) 443-1424. Written requests must include company name, point of contact, solicitation number, address, phone number and email address (if available). By submitting a proposal, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency. Failure to so represent may be grounds for refusing to accept the proposal. Number Note 1 applies. Posted 11/15/99 (W-SN400770). (0319)

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