Officer in Charge of Construction, Naval Air Weapons Station, Bldg 978, Code 832000D, China Lake, California 93555-6100

Z -- PROVIDE RUNWAY HOLDING SIGNS, ARMITAGE AIRFIELD, NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, CHINA LAKE, CA SOL N68711-99-R-3398 POC Gaines Witty, Contract Specialist, (760) 939-4418; Veneece McNeley, Contracting Officer WEB: Click here to access NAVFAC E-Solicitations Web Site, http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist., wittygd@efdsw.navfac.navy.mil. PRESOLICITATION NOTICE TO NOTIFY CONTRACTORS OF A FORTHCOMING SOLICITATION PROVIDE RUNWAY HOLDING SIGNS AT THE NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, CHINA LAKE, CA The contractor will be required to furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and supervision required to install 19 taxiway signs at Armitage Airfield. The project includes subsurface electrical circuits. Installation requires asphalt sawcutting, removal and replacement; with associated earthwork plus slurry and concrete removal/placement. Airfield shall remain in operation during the construction. Performance time is 120 calendar days. Potential bidders should request IFB N68711-99-R-3398 over the internet at http://www.esol.navfac.navy.mil as an Electronic Bid Solicitation (EBS). Plans and specifications will be available approximately 15 days after the Procurement Notice appears in the CBD. No paper copies will be available. The response time required by FAR 5.203 would begin on the date of issuance of the EBS solicitation. EBS solicitation packages may be acquired by registration and download at the Internet EBS Web Site. All prospective offerors must register as plan holders on the EBS Web Site for this project. Plan Centers are also required to register. Plan holders lists will not be mailed or faxed and will only be available at the EBS Web Site. The Official Plan Holders list will be maintained on and can be printed from the EBS Web Site. All requests on the Web Site must include (1) complete solicitation number and project title and (2) company name, point of contact, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the registering company. Each company must also identify whether the firm is a small business, small disadvantaged business, or large business and if the firm is a woman-owned business. Contractors are also required to be registered on the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://ccr2000.edi.disa.mil. The SIC Code is 1731. The related small business standard is $7.0 Million. This is a Firm Fixed Price contract. The estimated cost range is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. This Solicitation is unrestricted. The Government will make award to the offerors submitting the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal. NO REQUESTS CAN BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY NOTICE ONLY. Posted 01/11/00 (W-SN415086). (0011)

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