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M -- OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED FACILITIES -- OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF SEWARD RESORT DUE 080100 POC Yvonne Finley, (907)384-7104 WEB: Click here to access the Market Survey., http://www.usarak.army.mil/doc/. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, yvonne.finley@richardson.army.mil. 1. DESC: IAW AR215-1, 7-4 and 7-5 the US Army Alaska is conducting a review of potential contractor services for performance of the Directorate of Community Activity Services at the US Army garrison. The program and facilities under consideration are located adjacent to Seward, Alaska. The major functional area is the Seward Resort. The purpose of this notice is to identify and establish initial interest from the vendor community. Responses are for planning purposes only. There is no obligation on the part of the government to issue a formal solicitation as a result of this request and participation in this effort is strictly voluntary with no cost or obligation to be incurred by the US Government. Information may be used to help formulate bidder's mailing lists, acquisition strategies, to include socioeconomic program support and to help establish commercial practices available to the government. Companies responding may indicate interest in one or both functional areas. Services are currently being performed by Government employees (appropriated and non-appropriated funding). Seward Resort: The resort is open 7 days a week with varying hours primarily 11AM to 7PM. Provides programs/services: 56 motel units, 12 townhouses,1 honeymoon cabin, 40 RV hookup sites, 2 Yurts, 14 tent sites, guest services; housekeeping; tour tickets; local sightseeing; snow machine rentals; bicycling; fishing and hunting excursions; fish house for cleaning fish and freezer service; flight-see; horseback packing trips; roads and grounds maintenance; boat shop for repairing; bar and video game room. Estimated yearly customers = 70,000. Any responses to this notice should include the following information: company name, point of contact, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, brief description of company and capabilities, experience areas, size, history, awards or certifications received by the company or its employees, CAGE code and/or tax ID number, and business size category. The Standard Industrial Classification is 7032. The standard size for small business is $5,000,000. Small businesses will be expected to demonstrate experience in all areas and good past performance. Interested parties should provide responses to the market survey questionnaire that can be accessed on the U.S. Army Alaska, Directorate of Contracting web site located at http://www.usarak.army.mil/doc/, by 1 August 2000. All contractors who provide goods/services to the Department of Defense must be registered in the Central Contractor's Register (CCR). Award of a DOD contract for solicitations issued after 31 May 98 will not be made unless the contractor is registered in the CCR. You may register via the internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil If you do not have internet access, you may contact the CCR Registration Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423. Posted 06/28/00 (W-SN469664). (0180)

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