USPFO for Rhode Island, Attn: RIPFO-PC, 330 Camp Street, Providence, RI 02906-1954

Z -- PRESOLICITATION NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION TASK ORDER CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS NATIONAL GUARD SITES THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND SOL F9449C-6061-1200 POC Contract Specialist RICHARD F. MAGUIRE (401) 457-4244, Contracting Officer MARCEL CARTIER (401) 457-4222 The Army and Air National Guard within the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine will be soliciting proposals for multiple discipline, multiple year maintenance, repair, alteration and minor construction service contracts within the next few weeks. Although the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) for Rhode Island is conducting the solicitation phase of this project, the USPFO within each respective State will be responsible for the conduct of a pre-proposal conference and contract administration of its Task Order Contract(s) (TOC) as well as individual Task Orders issued under each TOC. It is our desire to make multiple awards in each State. Awards will be made to General Contractors only, within each State's geographic area. Each TOC will have a maximum value of $10,000,000.00. Task Orders will be issued to TOC contractors based on competitive price, or a combination of price and other factors (best value judgments) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.505, et al. Individual Task Orders may be issued for a period of three (3) years from date of award. Individual Task Orders will not total less than $2,000.00 or more than $1,000,000.00. Individual projects will be solicited by each respective contracting agency within each State. We intend to award TOCs to General Contractors (SICs 1541 and 1542) for two categories of work. The first category is for projects having a Government estimated cost of $2,000.00 to $200,000.00 and the second category is for projects having a Government estimated cost of $100,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. Although each General Contractor is free to submit an offer for each category, it is anticipated that a contractor's relative size (large or small) may assist it in making business judgments. Source Selection procedures in accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) 215.605 will be utilized for award of basic TOCs. Evaluation criteria for award of each TOC, in descending order of importance, are: (1) Company Experience and Past Performance; (2) Project Management Ability, with an emphasis on Key Management and Supervisory Staff, Quality Control Plan, Financial Capability, and Technical Support Staff; (3) Specialty Subcontractor Support Capability, including Length of Association, and/or in-house specialty abilities; (4) Company location; (5) Company size; and (6) Bid price of typical project(s) included in the solicitation. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the solicitation when it becomes available, by written request only. A separate solicitation notice will be published before the proposed solicitation is issued. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 1 May 1997. No telephone requests will be accepted. All responsible sources will be permitted to submit a proposal which shall be considered. This procurement will be unrestricted. (0092)

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