Social Security Administration, Procurement Team, MOS, FMT, 10th Floor, P.O. BOX 8280, Chicago, Illinois 60680-8280

Z -- REMOVAL/INSTALLATION OF CARPET AND VINYL TILE SOL SSA-IFB-98-0002 DUE 081498 POC Nestor Floresca, Contract Specialist, 312-575-5514; Reggie Poskocimas, Contracting Officer, 312-575-5513 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Procurement Office via e-mail., nestor.floresca@ssa.gov. This announcement is issued to notify all prospective offerors that the Invitation For Bid (IFB) solicitation SSA-IFB-98-0002, for the removal of old carpet tiles and the installation of new carpet and vinyl tiles at the Harold Washington Social Security Center in Chicago, IL, is being converted to a Request For Quotation (RFQ) solicitation SSA-RFQ-98-0006. This RFQ solicitation includes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items. All offers will be evaluated based on experience and past performance, as well as price. Additionally, the offer due date has been extended to August 14, 1998 at 3:00 PM, Chicago time. The acquisition remains a total small business set-aside; offers from other than small business concerns will be rejected. Copies of the new RFQ solicitation will be automatically mailed to sources who have already requested the original IFB solicitation. Other interested sources may request a copy of the new RFQ solicitation from: Social Security Administration; Procurement Office MOS/FMT, 10th Floor; 600 West Madison Street; Chicago, IL 60661-2474; Attn: Nestor Floresca. All qualified sources may submit an offer. Posted 07/27/98 (W-SN228631). (0208)

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