Director, USAMC Acquisition Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Attn: STEAA-AE, 4118 Susquehanna Ave., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5002

Z -- REPLACEMENT OF STEAM AND CONDENSATE PIPING AT EDGEWOOD AREA, APG, MD SOL DAAD05-00-R-7032 POC Contract Specialist, Richard A. Gravely at Phone 410-278-0865 or FAX 410-278-0904 WEB: Business Opportunity Page, http://abop.monmoutharmy.mil. E-MAIL: dick.gravely@sbccom.apges.army.mil, dick.gravely@sbccom.apgea.army.mil. The contractor shall furnish all plant, labor, materials, and equipment in performance necessary to repair by replacement, the above ground heat distribution system, the underground heat distribution system for steam and condensate return pping serving several buildings in the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. All work shall be achieved in accordance with applicable clauses, regulations, codes, standards of the industry, specifications and drawings. The existing piping to be removed is of varing age and conditions, and the sites where work is to be performed may have been used for a variety of purposes. Therefore, the posibility of encountering Unexploded Ordnances (UXO) and any number of dry, liquid, or gaseous materials when performing excavations exists. The contractor shall submit a site specific safety and health plan (including UXO) for approval in accordance with the OSHA Title 29 Part 1910, Section (B)(1) and shall be approved prior to construction. Pricing shall be for a Base Period, and four Option Periods. A Firm Fixed Price Construction contract is anticipated. The (estimated) completion is within 730 calendar days from notice to proceeed. A completion schedule for each Option Period will be provided in the solicitation package. The magnitude of the project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The closing date is estimated on or about 30 June 2000. The solicitation will be posted to the following website on or about 1 June 2000: (http://abop.monmouth.army.mil). A paper solicitation package will not be available. The package will only be avaliable from the website provided above. Potential offerors may view the RFP by clicking on "Army Business Opportunity" selecting "AMC Acquisition Center" under "view by Contracting Activity" and then click on "GO." Offeror then selects All Business Opportunities by number and clicks on the RFP number. Note 1 applies. Posted 05/04/00 (W-SN451682). (0125)

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