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Z -- FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, JANITORIAL AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, AND MINOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES SOL RFP4-99002 DUE 052400 POC Sally L Saunders, Contracting Officer, Phone (661)258-2872, Fax (661) 258-2291, Email sally.saunders@dfrc.nasa.gov -- James M. Hillman, Contracting Officer, Phone (661) 258-2457, Fax (661) 258-2904, Email jim.hillman@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=24#RFP4-9900 2. E-MAIL: Sally L Saunders, sally.saunders@dfrc.nasa.gov. NASA/DFRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Facilities Maintenance, Janitorial and Grounds Maintenance, and Minor Construction Services. The proposed contract will take the form of a Firm Fixed Price and Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Award Term hybird contract. The proposed period of performance consists of a core period of 3 years. 7 additional contract years may be added to the core period for a a maximum period of performance of 10 years. Award of additional years is based upon the contractor's performance. The effort contemplated by the proposed contract includes all activities necessary to provide safe, efficient, cost effective facilities and infrastructure preservation, operation, planning, design, construction and activation services at DFRC. The contract also provides for contingency support services at Edwards Air Force Base. The majority of work is maintenance and includes janitorial and grounds maintenance. The contractor will be required to maintain an on-site work force as well as providing emergency call-in personnel during off-hours. There is approximately 910,000 square feet of structural floor space at DFRC. Present-day facilities and infrastructure include office buildings, mobile/modular offices and labs, warehouses, aircraft hangars, computer rooms, industrial shops, laboratories, cafeteria, roads, parking lots, aircraft taxiways, aircraft staging areas, fences and storage containers. Associated equipment and utilities include water, irrigation systems, sewer, electric, diesel-electric generators, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, steam plant, natural gas, compressed air, fire alarm, hydrazine alarm, and storm drainage. The provisions and clauses in the RFP are those in effect through FAC 97-15. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8744 and $20.0 Million, respectively. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. A draft RFP4-99002 will be released on February 29, 2000. A preproposal conference has been scheduled for March 15, 2000. After reviewing comments arising from the draft RFP and pre-proposal conference a solicitation will be release on or about April 24, 2000 with an anticipated proposal due date of May 24, 2000. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/DFRC Business Opportunities page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=24 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 03/01/00 (D-SN430142). (0061)

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