1st Contracting Squadron, PO Box 65775, Langley AFB VA 23665-0775

Y -- CONSTRUCT COGENERATION PLANT Sol. F44600-94-B0041. Due 092095. Contact Pat Waling, (804) 764-2544/Contracting Officer, Susan I. Hurst (804) 764-7681. Furnish all plant, labor, equipment, and material, and perform all operations necessary to construct a facility to house a new turbine generator, a new absortion chiller, and two new steam boilers for the hospital, bldg 257. Work includes relocation of existing utilities and oxygen tank, installation of new utilities, and installation of cooling tower. All work shall be accomplished in accordance with the specifications, and terms and conditions of the contract. Magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The proposed contract listed here is being considered for 100% set aside for small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns. Interested SDB concerns who wish to be one of the two respondents that causes the solicitation to be 100% set aside for SDB concerns in accordance with Public Law and Federal Acquisition Regulations should, as early as possible, but NLT 15 days of this notice, indiacate interest by providing to the Contracting Office above evidence of capability to perform, bonding capacity, financial assets or line of credit, work history and contacts, affirmative statement requesting set aside action, and a positive statement of eligibility as a small, socially and economically disadvantaged business concern. Letters from sureties and banks attesting to capability shall be current and not dated any earlier than 90 days from date of your response. Also, request that any interested SDB firms indicate whether they are bidding as a prime contractror or a subcontractor. If adequate interest is not received from SDB concerns, the solicitation will be issued as unrestricted without further notice. Therefore, replies to this notice are requested from all business concerns as well as from SDB concerns. Firms that are not SDB shall indicate whether they are women owned and if they are small or large business for clarification. Firms should also indicate if they are interested as a prime or as a subcontractor. Only written requests for the solicitation packages to the above address or via facsimile to 804-764-4071 will be honored and issued on a first come, first served basis. There will be 50 solicitation packages available. To avoid delays, request must include the 9 digit zip code. The bid issue and bid opening dates are tentative. CBD note 6 applies. (192)

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