Z -- CLEAN AIR BARS, SUPPLY AND RETURN DIFFUSERS, AND ADJACENT = CEILING TILES AT THE HAROLD WASHINGTON SOCIAL SECURITY CENTER, 600 W. = MADISON ST., CHICAGO, IL.

Notice Date

May 24, 2001

Contracting Office

Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for = Finance, Assessment and Management, SSA Region 5, 600 West Madison = Street, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60661

ZIP Code

60661

Solicitation Number

SSA-RFQ-01-0010

Response Due

June 14, 2001

Point of Contact

Reggie Poskocimas, Contracting Officer, Phone 312-575-5513, = Fax 312-575-4156, Email reggie.poskocimas@ssa.gov

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items = prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented = with additional information included in this notice. This announcement = constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a = written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number = SSA-RFQ-01-0010 is issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ). This = solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those = in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-25. The applicable = NAICS code for this acquisition is 561790. This acquisition is a 100% = small business set-aside. Quotations submitted by concerns other than = small businesses will not be considered. The Social Security = Administration, Harold Washington Social Security Center (HWSSC), 600 = W. Madison St., Chicago, IL 60661, requires contractor provided = services to accomplish the High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) = filtered vacuuming of the air bars and supply and return diffusers, and = the HEPA vacuuming or replacement of surrounding ceiling tiles on = floors 1 through 10 and the lower level of the HWSSC. All work will be = accomplished Monday through Friday during the hours of 6:30 pm through = 5:00 am. Weekend hours, if requested by the contractor, will be = determined after award by mutual agreement between the Government and = the successful contractor. The Government will provide replacement = ceiling tiles and sprinkler head escutcheon plates that cannot be = properly cleaned and need replacement. The contractor shall provide = all supervision, labor, tools, equipment and material (except = Government furnished ceiling tiles and sprinkler head escutcheon = plates) to satisfactorily accomplish the required HEPA vacuuming. The = contractor shall also provide all necessary drop cloths or sheeting to = protect all furniture, computer equipment and other office equipment = during the performance of the required work. The contractor shall use = a soft brush attachment to HEPA vacuum the exterior of all air bars = throughout the HWSSC building (approximately 30,000 linear feet). = There are 20 air bars on each floor on floors 3 through 10. On the = first floor and the lower level, the air supply is distributed around = the lights or our of air supply diffusers. After HEPA vacuuming, all = air bars and air supply outlets will be damp wiped using a mild = detergent, leaving no dirt streaks or smudges. The contractor will = also HEPA vacuum all air diffusers and ceiling return vents throughout = the building (approximately 400 supply and return diffusers are located = in the HWSSC). After HEPA vacuuming, all diffusers will be damp wiped, = leaving no dirt streaks or smudges, and sprayed with a deionization = material to prevent static adherence of dust and other airborne = products. The contractor will HEPA vacuum the ceiling tiles that = surround the air bars, supply diffusers and return vents. The = contractor will replace all ceiling tiles and sprinkler head escutcheon = plates with Government furnished material if they cannot be properly = cleaned. The contractor shall submit a Material Safety Data Sheet = (MSDS) for all cleaning agents used in the HWSSC to complete the = required work. The contractor will not use any cleaning material which = SSA determines unsuitable. The contractor will clean the work site and = remove all debris generated on a daily basis. The contractor shall = provide its own dumpster or remove the debris from the building after = each work shift; Government dumpsters shall not be used. The = contractor shall assume full responsibility and liability for = compliance with all regulations pertaining to the health and safety of = building personnel during the execution of this work. The following = provisions and/or clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, = 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4, 52.212-5, 52.204-6, Protective Security = Clause and Removal From Duty Clause. Additionally, Department of Labor = Wage Determination # 94-2167 (Rev. 21), dated 04/23/2001, is applicable = to this solicitation (copy available upon request). The Government = estimates that the following personnel will be needed to complete the = work required by this solicitation: Laborer, at $11.94 per hour + $1.92 = per hour Health and Welfare benefits; and General Maintenance Worker, = at $16.07 per hour + $1.92 per hour Health and Welfare benefits. = Offerors are requested to submit a single, all inclusive fixed-price = quotation covering all work required by this solicitation. Offerors = must include a completed copy of the provisions at 52.212-2, 52.212-3 = and 52.204-6 with their price quotations. Copies of these provisions = and clauses applicable to this solicitation can be found as an addendum = to solicitation SSA-RFQ-01-0010 and can be downloaded from the = FedBizOpps website (http://www2.eps.gov/). Hardcopies of the = solicitation addendum can be obtained by calling Reggie Poskocimas, = 312-575-5513. Offers will be accepted either in writing, at the = following address: Social Security Administration; Regional Contracting = Office; 600 W. Madison Street; Chicago, IL 60661; or by facsimile, at = 312-575-4156, Attn: Reggie Poskocimas. Please reference solicitation = number SSA-RFQ-01-0010 on all offers. All offers are due no later than = 3:00 pm (Chicago time) on Thursday, June 14, 2001. For more = information regarding this acquisition, call Reggie Poskocimas at the = number shown above. This is a combined synopsis and solicitation -- no = written solicitation will be issued. See Note #1.

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