Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs, North Texas Health Care System, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216

Z -- CERTIFIED INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST SOL 549-RFQ-40 POC Rita M. Johnson, Contracting Officer, (214) 857-0043 It is the intent of the VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), as a result of this solicitation, to award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a Certified Industrial Hygienist to provide services related to it's asbestos abatement program. VANTHCS consist of The Medical Center, Dallas located at 4500 S. Lancaster Rd., and the Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, located in Bonham, Texas at 1201 East 9th Street. The required services shall include as a minimum; site visit(s), site preparation, preparation of asbestos removal specifications, air monitoring, abatement surveillance, written reports and compilation of abatement data in computerized format. The selected firm shall be familiar with industry, OSHA and government abatement requirements and procedures. The solicitation shall be issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) on or about 03/29/2000 with a due date on or about 04/28/2000. The RFP shall be a 100% small business set-aside with Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code of 7389 with a small business standard of five million dollars ($5,0000,000.00). Electronic copies of the solicitation as well as amendments thereto may be obtained Free on or about 03/22/2000 at the following URL: http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/busopp/sols/htm. Request for hard copies of the solicitation, to include all amendments, may be obtained for a cost of five dollars ($5.00) by submitting a written request to Rita M. Johnson, Contracting Officer, VANTHCS (90C), 4500 S. Lancaster Rd., Dallas, Texas 75216. The request must be accompanied by check or money order made out to the Department of Veterans Affairs. No telephone or facsimile request shall be accepted. Posted 03/16/00 (W-SN435218). (0076)

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