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

Z -- BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION TASK ORDER CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS NATIONAL GUARD SITES IN NEW ENGLAND SOL DAHA37-97-R-0001 DUE 070397 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 and New Hampshire are soliciting proposals for multiple discipline, multiple year maintenance, repair, alteration and minor construction service contracts. Although the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) for Rhode Island is conducting the solicitation phase of this procurement action, the USPFO within each State will be responsible for the conduct of a pre-proposal conference and contract administration of its Task Order Contracts(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 the 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 National Guard Contracting Agency within each State. We intend to award TOCs to General Contractors only, having SICs of 1541 or 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 General Contractors are 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 basis 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 lenght 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. General Contractors may obtain a copy of the solicitation by written request only. Verbal requests will not be honored. The anticipated issue date is 10 Jun 97. All responsible sources will be permitted to submit a proposal which shall be considered. This procurement is unrestricted. (0140)

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