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Z -- GENERAL CONTRACTING, RENOVATIONS IN GENERAL PURPOSE LABS SOL 52SBNB8C1030 DUE 032398 POC Debra A. Hoffman, (301) 975-4648/Pauline Mallgrave, (301) 975-6330 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for renovations and general construction to be performed in General Purpose Labs located at the NIST Gaithersburg facility. The Standard Industrial Code is 1542. The corresponding size standard is $17,500,000. The Government anticipates multiple award of Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity type contracts with Task Orders to be issued competitively on a firm, fixed-price basis. The period of performance for each contract will be one 12-month base period with two 12-month options. The scope of work includes a wide variety of construction tasks including 1) rough and finished carpentry work, 2) doors, windows, and glass work including finish hardware and storefronts, 3) finish work including drywall, acoustical treatment, insulating, painting and wall covering, and special floor covering, 4) demountable partitions, casework, and elevated floors, 5) mechanical work including plumbing, R&D piping services, HVAC systems and air-side testing and balancing, and 6) electrical work including electrical power and distribution and lighting systems. Contractors will be provided descriptive specification and some drawings for each task order. The total estimated magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 including options for the life of the requirement. An anticipated minimum base year amount under each contract is $1,000 to be provided to a contractor as standby capacity in the event that no task orders are awarded to the subject contractor in the base year and for each option year, if exercised. This requirement will be procured on a best value basis using acquisition procedures and provisions in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-03. Technical factors, which will include past performance, when considered together will be significantly more important than cost/price. Request for the solicitation may be made via facsimile, (301) 963-7732, or by writing to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, REFERENCE 52SBNB8C1030. This requirement was originally published in the CBD on 14 April 1997 under solicitation no. 52SBNB7C1124. All individuals who requested a copy of solicitation 52SBNB7C1124 will receive a copy of solicitation 52SBNB8C1030 when released; no further notification is necessary. However, firms responding to this request, causing a duplication of their firm's request, will receive only one copy of the solicitation sent to the individual who recently requested the solicitation. THIS SOLICITATION IS RESTRICTED TO 8(A) CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) WASHINGTON DISTRICT OFFICE. See Notes 4 and 26. (0037)

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