Officer In Charge, Navfac Cntracts, Code 495, Building H-29, P.O. Box 2032, Portmsouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2032

Z -- EXTERIOR REPAIRS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITE REPAIRS, BUILDING 168, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, KITTERY, MAINE SOL N62472-98-B-6502 DUE 091198 POC the Contracts Office at (207) 438-4600 E-MAIL: Contact the Contracting Officer at the E-mail address, LZCUMMINGS@EFDNORTH.NAVFAC.NAVY.MIL. This is the presolicitation notice for this procurement. This solicitation includes a Base Bid Item and one Option. The Base Bid Item of work includes removing railroad tracks between Buildings 177 and 168, widening Humphrey Street and adding parking, creating a landscaped park at the former Building 98, repairing pavements and drainage at east and west ends of Building 168, adding a walk to Building 167, removing existing asbestos painted metal siding and replacing with new metal wall panel system, restoring existing glazing in limited areas, and removing and replacing an existing rolling service door, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. The Base Bid Item includes an no-work requirement between 1 December 1998 and 15 April 1999. Option 1 includes all work required for Miscellaneous Site Repairs, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. The work includes providing bituminous walks with general base, precast concrete brick paver walk with gravel base, two pipe bollards at the sidewalk entrance, deciduous trees, shrubs, perennials and bark mulch beds. The SIC code for this procurement is 1522 with a size standard of $17,000,000. The estimated cost range is between $250,000 and $500,000. The period of performance is 120 calendar days, excluding a the no-work period of 1 December 1998 through 15 April 1999. The Government anticipates exercise of the option by 1 November 1998 but in no event later than 120 calendar days from award of the Basic Contract Item. The performance period for Option 1 is 30 calendar days, however, work under this Optional item will not begin until 15 April 1999. This solicitation will be issued as a small business set-aside in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration program. Bidders/Offerors interested in obtaining plans and specifications for this project must submit their request along with a Bank draft, Cashier's check or Money Order in the amount of $47.47 to: Defense Automated Printing Service, Building 20, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH 03804-5000 Each check must be made payable to the U.S. Treasury and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. VISA credit card is the preferred method of payment. Contact DAPS at (207) 438-1605 or 1606 to place orders. One set of plans and specifications will be sent via First Class U.S. Mail, upon availability, to those Contractors who have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as required or your check is not made payable to the U.S. Treasury, your check will be returned unprocessed. NO BUSINESS CHECKS, PERSONAL CHECKS, OR CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED AS PAYMENT. NO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE. If you would like information on the mailing of the solicitation package via expedited courier service, please contact: Defense Printing Service at (207) 438-1605 or 1606. For technical questions concerning the subject notice, please contact the Contracts Office at (207) 438-4600. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CONTRACTS OFFICE. Posted 07/24/98 (W-SN228056). (0205)

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