Chief, Centralized Contracting Division (402D3), National Cemetery Administration Operations Support Center, 5101 Russell Rd., Quantico, VA 22134

99 -- CONCRETE GRAVELINERS SOL IFB 786-35-00 DUE 030800 POC Janice E. Corlew, 703-441-3086 (voice); 703-441-3070 (fax) WEB: Click here to download a FREE COPY OF THE IFB, www.va.gov/oa&mm/busipp/sols.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, jcorlew@cem.va.gov. DESC: Contractor shall furnish and install concrete graveliners, F.O.B. Destination Within Consignee's Premises, Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2191 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211, covering the period May 1, 2000, through April 30, 2001 (base period), with four 1-year options to extend the term of the contract through April 30, 2005. This acquisition is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 3272 and a size standard of 500 employees is applicable to this acquisition. All responsible small business concerns may submit a bid. Requests for hard copies of the solicitation must be in writing to Mrs. Janice E. Corlew and accompanied by a check or money order in the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00) (non-refundable) made payable to "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs." No telephone requests will be accepted. (NOTE: Those firms that previously remitted the non-refundable bidding materials fee for Solicitation No. RFQ 786-109-99, issued April 19, 1999, for these items, and subsequently cancelled, will be issued Solicitation No. IFB 786-35-00, at no charge.) Hard copy solicitations will be issued on or about February 14, 2000. Electronic solicitations may be obtained FREE OF CHARGE on or about February 14, 2000, at the following URL: http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/busopp/sols.htm. Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at the URL address. Bidders are advised they are responsible for obtaining amendments. See Note No. 1. Posted 02/08/00 (W-SN423033). (0039)

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