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F -- NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY ON MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SOL N68711-00-Q-7005 DUE 021500 POC Len Brown, Contract Specialist, (619) 532-1266; Connie Ward, Contracting Officer 17. This is a Simplified Acquisition Procedure (SAP) issued in accordance with the Small Acquisition Procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 13, which prescribes policies and procedures for the acquisition of supplies and services, the aggregate amount of which does not exceed $100,000.00. The work includes the furnishing of all labor, facilities, travel, meals, lodging, services, management, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, incidental engineering, transportation, incidental related work, and analyses necessary to conduct and complete natural resources surveys on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS), San Diego, California. The Government intends to award a firm fixed-price purchase order to the responsible offerors whose proposals, conforming to the Request for Quotation (RFQ), will be most advantages to the Government resulting in the Best Value, price and other factors considered. Services to be performed under fixed-price contract include, but are not limited to, conducting background research, field surveys of wetlands, fairy shrimp surveys, and rare plant surveys; updating and field verifying existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data; and preparing work plans, status reports, and natural resources inventory reports. The contract contains an option for conducting fairy shrimp surveys for up to 40 wet season and 40 dry season vernal pools located within two sites on the developed portion of MCAS Miramar. The contractor shall accomplish all discipline coordination; the Government will not coordinate the work for the Contractor. Award of the purchase order will be based on best value to the government. Proposals will be evaluated for award using three major technical factors: Past Performance, Pricing, and Technical Experience and Education Qualification, which consist of five sub-factors: Education, Experience, Possession of applicable Federal Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species permit, and Certificate of completion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Training course. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a purchase order without discussions with offerors. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price, past performance, and technical experience and education standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined to be necessary by the Contracting Officer. THIS SOLICITATION IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. The SIC for this procurement is 8999 and the annual size is $5.0M. In accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(7) availability of the RFQ will be limited to the electronic medium; the RFQ will be available for download free of charge via the Internet World Wide Web at http://esol.navfac.navy.mil-- hard copies (paper sets) or CD-ROM of the RFQ will not be provided by the Government. Telephone and facsimile request will not be accepted. Notification of any changes (amendments) to the solicitation will be made only on the Internet. It will be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any posted changes. Note: All Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award of a DoD contract. Contractors may obtain information on registration by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://edi.disa.mil . Tentative issue date for the RFQ is 07 February 2000. There is NO site visit scheduled for this project. Proposals must be received on later than close of business local time on 15 February 2000. See RFQ for proper address for delivery of proposals. Posted 02/01/00 (W-SN420761). (0032)

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