EFA Chesapeake Contracts Office, Mailstop 49, Naval Air Station, 22445 Peary Road, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670-5504

Y -- EXTENSION TO THE FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND 20670-5504 SOL N62477-95-B-3044. Due 062096. POC Contract Specialist, Don Mumbert, Procurement Technician, Anna Taylor, 301/342-3854. N62477-95-B-3044. The intent is to procure by ``Sealed Bidding'' procedures the provision and installation of tube cable capable of accepting air blown fiber optics. This requirement is to provide and secure extensions to the fiber cable plant and necessary incidental work that includes, but is not limited to, trenching, excavating, and backfill, complete and ready for the installation of an air-blown fiber optic cable backbone in various locations around the Naval Air Station. The work includes providing and installing manholes, pedestal enclosures, direct burial tube cable, tube cable in conduit, splice cases, network building services entrances, junction boxes, underground rigid metallic conduit, underground polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conduit, trenching, jack and boring, the replacement of any road markings that need to be on the road when making new patch with asphalt or cement and incidental related work. Sumitoma Electronic Industries (SEI) is the only known manufacturer of air-blown fiber optic technology. The successful bidder must be capable of installing SEI manufactured tube cable capable of accepting air-blown fiber optic strands. The successful bidder must be SEI certified and provide certificate of training by SEI as an acceptable installer at the time of bid opening and as part of the bid documents. This requirement shall be awarded as an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite Quantity contracts through sealed bidding. The estimated cost of construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The minimum guarantee is anticipated to be $500,000.00. This requirement shall be awarded to the low, responsive offeror provided a determination of responsibility is made and the required documentation that bidder is SEI certified is provided with bid. Do not call for additional technical information. Issuance of the Invitation for Bid is scheduled for 21 May 1996. THERE WILL BE A $15.00 NON-REFUNDABLE FEE FOR THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS/IFB. Checks should be made payable to the Treasurer of the United States of America. Mail or deliver your request for receiving plans and specifications to EFA Contracts Office (ROICC), Building 504, 22445 Peary Road, Stop 49, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5504, Attn: Anna Taylor. There will be a site visit on 3 June 1996, departing at 10:00 am from the ROICC Office, bottom floor of Building 504 (22445 Peary Road). No appointment necessary. Bid opening is scheduled for 20 June 1996 at 2:00 pm. (123)

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