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Z -- REPAIR HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR SOL 52SBNB0C1037 DUE 052500 POC Tamara Grinspon, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-4390;Sandra L. Febach, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6326 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to acquire elevator repair services to repair and upgrade (replace) a hydraulic elevator, using procedures described in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15-Contracting by Negotiation. A Request for Proposal (RFP), No. 52SBNB0C1037, will be issued.***** The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 7699, and the associated small business size standard is $5 million (average annual receipts for the last three fiscal years). Solicitation will be unrestricted.***** Services shall be performed at the NIST facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The Government intends to award one Firm Fixed Price contract.***** The Contractor shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following requirements: ***Existing elevator control systems shall be removed and replaced with solid state microprocessor based controls.***Existing pumps, motors, controls and piping shall be removed and replaced with new ones.***Existing hydraulic jack unit and casing shall be replaced with new drilled well and casing, PVC casing liner and hydraulic jack unit.***Existing car control stations shall be removed and replaced with new car control stations.***Existing hall call buttons shall be removed and replaced by new hall call buttons located to meet handicapped access requirements.***New, state-of-the-art door reopening devices shall be provided by the Contractor.***Existing hoist way entrances and rear car entrance shall be replaced.***New electrical wiring and traveling cables shall be installed.***New door operators, door controls, hangers, tracks, gibs, and clutch apparatus shall be provided by the Contractor.***Remote monitoring and diagnostics capability shall be required.*** New car slide guides shall be provided by the Contractor.***** A Statement of Work (SOW) will be provided by the Government as part of the solicitation package (RFP).***** SITE VISIT: A site visit will take place in April or May 2000 (after the Request for Proposal is issued). The exact date, time and additional information concerning the site visit will be included in Section L of the RFP.***** The period of performance is anticipated to be 182 days, of which 40 days will be for demolition/construction work, and 52 days for testing by Contractor and Government.*****In addition, the Contract will include an Option to paint the hoist way. *****NOTE: AWARD OF CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.***** All responsible firms are invited to submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. The solicitation document will be issued on or about April 25, 2000. Requests for solicitation packages shall be submitted in writing to the above address, or faxed to (301) 963-7732. Posted 03/07/00 (W-SN432037). (0067)

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