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V -- REVISED SYNOPSIS FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AT NADEP CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER OMB CIRCULAR NO. A-76 (COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES STUDY) SOL N00421-00-R-0498 DUE 101800 POC Contract Specialist: Sherri Guy, (301) 757-9784; Contracting Officer: BethAnne Caccivio, (301) 757-9748 WEB: Click here to go to NAVAIR Contracts., http:/www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. E-MAIL: Click here to respond to the above synopsis or to, guysa@navair.navy.mil. This is a revised notice of an OMB Circular No. A-76 Commercial Activities study of Transportation Support Services at the Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP), Cherry Point, North Carolina. The previous pre-solicitation synopses issued in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) on 08 August 2000 and 10 August 2000, under solicitation N00421-00-R-0498, stated that International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 registration was required in both the ANSI-RAB (American) and Raad voor Accreditatie (RvC) (European) versions. The purpose of this synopsis is to advise potential offerors that ISO 9000 registration is ONLY required in ANSI-RAB (American version). Prospective offerors must obtain ISO 9001 (1994), ISO 9002 (1994), or ISO 9001 (2000) registration in accordance with ANSI-RAB accreditation requirements by the date upon which this solicitation closes (estimated at 18 October 2000) in order to be considered technically acceptable. The ISO 9000 registration requirement is in addition to all other requirements of the solicitation that must be met in order to be considered technically acceptable. A certificate of registration in accordance with the above criteria must be submitted with the offeror's proposal. The solicitation will not be extended for firms awaiting registration. This effort will be competed on a full and open basis. The requirements, which will be defined in a Performance Work Statement (PWS), involve Transportation Support Services. More specifically, the functions included are: Administrative Services, Flight Line Services, Mule Train Services, Mule Services, Forklift Services, Lowboy Services, Special Tour Services, Dispatch Services, and Equipment Maintenance and Administration Services. (Please note that Administrative Services and Special Tour Services have been added as specific functions since the previous synopses.) These functions are currently performed by a Government workforce supplement by contractor support. A cost comparison will be conducted, under OMB Circular No. A-76, to determine themost cost-effective mode of operation. The Government is developing an in-house cost estimate and a contract may or may not be awarded as a result of this study/comparison. If a contractor is selected as the most cost effective performing activity, an award will be made in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-76 in conjunction with all other applicable Government and Navy acquisition regulations. The solicitation will be issued on a fixed-price basis, and will include time-and-material line items to accommodate surge requirements. The proposed contract will be for base year plus four one-year option periods. The anticipated date for the release of the solicitation is 28 August 2000. A site visit will be hosted on 09 September 2000 at the NADEP Cherry Point, North Carolina. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be submitted via e-mail to guysa@navair.navy.mil. TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS MUST USE THE INTERNET TO RESPOND. All Internet responses must provide the return Internet address, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and single-point-of-contact within the body of the response. Internet responses without the aforementioned addresses/information will not be recognized. NOTE: If you already responded to one or more of the previous synopses for solicitation N00421-00-R-0498, it is not necessary to respond again. All responsible sources may download a copy of the solicitation, attend the site visit, and shall be considered by the agency unless this synopsis is amended or replaced. The solicitation will be available over the Internet in WORD 97TM format and will reside on the NAVAIR Home Page, located on the World Wide Web. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. The Request for Proposals (RFP)/solicitation will not be released before the anticipated date of 28 August 2000. It is essential that you respond to this synopsis if you would like be notified (i.e. electronically) when the Request for Proposals (RFP) is released. Offerors who requestelectronic updates on the status of the RFP will be notified via E-mail when it is released. The WWW address, or URL, for the NAVAIR Home Page is: http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. Posted 08/22/00 (W-SN488779). (0235)

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