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C -- A POC Point of Contact, Mr. John R. Krueger (703) 665-3936 Asbestos Inspection, Training, Assessment and Abatement Design and/or Review at Various Overseas Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) Locations. Solicitation DACA 78-95-R- 0013. Point of Contact, John R. Krueger (703) 665-3936. AE services will consist of inspection and assessment as required for asbestos containing materials (ACM), abatement design and/or review, at various DODEA overseas locations. All asbestos related work and conditional site survey work must be done in compliance with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) and EPA Regulation 40CFR763 (Asbestos Containing Material in Schools, Final Rule and Notice). The proposed contract will be an indefinite delivery type (IDT) with an approximate 1 July 1995 award based upon receipt of authorization and funding. The basic contract award will be for an initial 1 year period and will be extendable at the Government's option for 1 additional year. The contract will have an annual ceiling limitation of $2 million and an individual order limitation of $500,000. Interested firms should identify the capability to have asbestos samples analyzed by a laboratory participating in the US EPA quality assurance program. Interested firms should also indicate their willingness and capability to provide asbestos inspection services (Title II Services) during the construction phase. Engineering services are required for, but not limited to, the following areas and numbers of schools: Germany (109); Bahrain (1); Belgium (4); Cuba (2); Iceland (2); Italy (14); Japan and Okinawa (26); Korea (6); Netherlands (6); Norway (1); Panama (13); Portugal (2); Spain (3); Turkey (4); and the United Kingdom (13). Interested firms or joint ventures should address their capability to perform concurrently in each of the five main DODEA regional areas (Atlantic, Germany, Mediterranean, Pacific, and Panama/Islands). Interested firms indicating their capability to obtain design and/or technical support from firms indigenous to the location of the services will be preferred. Demonstration of capability will include specific identification of the firm or firms to be employed as joint venture partners, or as subcontractors, for the documentation of local requirements. Design drawings and specifications will be prepared in both English and the host nation language, and will contain all required provisions of the host government relating to asbestos abatement, removal, and disposal. Firms shall also address their currently established quality assurance plan in Section 10 of SF 255, including management approach, coordination of disciplines and subcontractors, and quality control procedures. Significant evaluation factors in the relative order of importance are: (1) professional qualifications and related experience of firm, subcontractors or joint venture members, and the proposed staff; (2) current technical certification of staff members as required by EPA regulations issued under AHERA and ability to comply with host nations' asbestos regulations; (3) recent experience in implementation of EPA and OSHA asbestos regulations as related to schools; (4) staff size and capability to accomplish the work in the required time; (5) past experience with US Government contracts in the main geographical areas identified above; (6) familiarity with asbestos regulations and ability to comply with host nation building codes and construction practices; and (7) past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Firms shall indicate business size (large or small) in Block 3 of the SF 255, and the total dollar value of DOD contract awards made during the past 12 months in Section 10 of the SF 255. This is not an RFP. Firms desiring consideration shall submit an SF 254 and SF 255 (11/92 edition) postmarked or delivered within 30 calendar days from the date of this announcement. Firms submitting other than the 11/92 edition of the SF 254 and SF 255 will not be evaluated. Small and small disadvantaged firms meeting the above qualifications and firms proposing the use of small and small disadvantaged firms are encouraged to respond to this announcement. NOTE: The above evaluation factors supersede those listed in Note 24 of the CBD. Note 24 factors do not apply to this selection. Appointments to discuss the project requirements will not be scheduled, and inquiries regarding the status of selection during the next 90 days are discouraged. (0055)

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