Department of the Treasury, United States Customs Service (USCS), Field Procurement Services Branch, 6026 Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, IN, 46278

56 -- 7,500 FEET OF SECURITY FENCING FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS AT THE PORT OF JACKSONVILLLE, FLORIDA SOL CS-I-00-019 DUE 061400 POC Carol Faddis, Contract Specialist, Phone 317-298-1180 x1130, Fax 317-298-1344, Email carol.a.faddis@customs.treas.gov -- Lee Sullivan, Supervisory Contract Specialist, Phone 317-298-1119, Fax 317-298-1344, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=M&ProjID=CS-I-00-019&L ocID=1802. E-MAIL: Carol Faddis, carol.a.faddis@customs.treas.gov. This amendment to solicitation CS-I-00-019 is issued for the following: 1.) Extend date proposals are due to Wednesday, June 14, 2000, 2:00 p.m., local time. 2.) Allow facsimile proposals to be accepted 3.) Change Davis-Bacon wage rates to the following: General Decision FL000015, dated 5/19/ and, 4.) Amend evaluation factors, as follows: All evaluation factors other than cost or price when combined are approximately equal to cost or price. The non-cost/price factors are technical capability and past performance. Technical capability will be evaluated as 65% of the non-cost/price factors. Past performance will be evaluated as 35% of the non-cost/price factors. The subfactors under technical capability are: 1.) Material and equipment list (32.5 points) 2.) Product literature, or contractor specifications, that demonstrates that the proposed material and equipment meets the required specifications (32.5 points). If product literature is used, the offeror shall notate the exact page and paragraph that demonstrates the acceptability of the material and equipment. 3.) Installation plan; contractor shall provide a plan to demonstrate how they plan to install the equipment. Each of these subfactors of technical capability is equal in importance. The subfactors under past performance are 1.) Quality of Product or Service 2.) Timeliness of Performance, and 3.) Customer Satisfaction. Quality: compliance with contract requirements/technical excellence. To describe quality, describe prior experience in the same or similar projects and provide examples of name of firms, contacts, and phone numbers. Indicate why the previous experience is comparable. Timeliness: contractor demonstrates how they performed services in a timely manner as defined in the contracts, they were reliable, completed on time, including wrap-up and contract administration, no liquidated damages were accessed. Customer Satisfaction: satisfaction of end users with the contractor_s service. Quality can receive up to 15 points, timeliness can receive up to 10 points, and customer satisfaction can receive up to 10 points. If the contractor does not have relevant experience within its organization, past performance will be treated as follows: the contractor will receive the average score of the other competing offerors. The government reserves the right to evaluate proposals and to make an award without holding discussions. Posted 06/05/00 (D-SN461580). (0157)

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