U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix Area Office, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix, Arizona 85001-0010

J -- MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER RELATED EQUIPMENT SOL SB-97-0007 DUE 060597 POC Doris Hyeoma, Contract Specialist, 602-379-6760 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, Doris_Hyeoma@ios.doi.gov. The Bureau of Indian Affairs seeks to obtain scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, repairs, and overhaul of various off the road heavy construction equipment such as crawlers, wheel tractors, loaders, trenchers, graders, forklifts, gasoline, diesel and fuel-injected engines, trucks and truck tractors, firefighting trucks, police units, sedans, vans, jeeps, etc., and other related items, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fort Apache Agency, Whiteriver, Navajo County, Arizona. The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, parts, tools, transportation, supplies and facilities necessary to perform all operations in connection with preventative maintenance, repairs and overhaul of equipment. The preventative maintenance will include some routine service, minor engine tune-ups, lubrication, oil and filter change, transmission, electrical and hydraulic systems. The repairs will consist of replacing work or broken parts, defective or nonworking accessories, cutting and welding cracked or weakened structural defects, painting, making adjustments in tuning and timing of engines, etc. The overhaul will include tear-down, removal of work or defective parts and replacement with new parts for engines, transmissions, gearboxes, hydraulic pumps and other accessories for diesel, gasoline and fuel-injected equipment, etc. Only new standard parts or parts of equal quality shall be used in making repairs. When feasible, the contractor shall repair equipment on-site as to minimize down time and transportation costs. The contractor shall provide skilled and experienced mechanics, welders, and transmission technicians. The contractor must be located within a 100-mile radius of Whiteriver, Arizona. It is anticipated the basic contract period will be for one (1) year of performance with Government unilateral option to extend the services up to a total of 36 months, subject to availability of funds. Potential bidders are required to do a mandatory on-site visit to determine the extent of the requirements. The contractor must be available to provide maintenance and repair services 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, due to emergency situations which occur during the fire season, except on Government holidays unless it is an emergency. Solicitation will be available o/a 12 MAY 97. Bid opening is o/a 05 JUN 97. No telephone requests. Only written or telefaxed requests will be acceptable. Fax number is 602-379-6763. (0128)

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