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Y -- REHABILITATION OF FIRE PROTECTION AND DOMESTIC WATER PIPING SOL RFO5-50647 DUE 121898 POC Michael E. Allen, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-7975, Fax (301) 286-0247, Email Michael.E.Allen@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Cynthia Tart, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-7663, Fax (301)286-0247, Email Cynthia.L.Tart.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-50647. E-MAIL: Michael E. Allen, Michael.E.Allen@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offers for Rehabilitiation of Fire Protection and Domestic Water Piping System. This project requires the replacement of approximately 1250 meters of Fire protection and domestic water piping systems. The work includes but is not limited to the removal of various segments of the underground domestic water distribution systems (piping ranging from 150mm to 250mm) and appurtenances and the installation of new piping (new piping 250 mm) with the associated construction and appurtenances . The construction will involve excavation, sheeting and shoring, protection of existing utilities and trees, implementation of erosion and siltation controls, cutting and patching of existing paving, curbs, gutters and sidewalks, plating of excavated road, traffic control, concrete placement, maintenance of water service and fire protection to buildings, testing, plating of excavated road, traffic control, etc. The order of magnitude for the procurement is $500,000 to $1,000,000. This procurement is a Small Business set-aside exclusively for the Section 8(a) Program. See Note 1. The SIC Code and small business size standard for this procurement are 1623 and $17,000,000 respectively. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about November 18, 1998 with an anticipated offer closing date of on or about December 18, 1998. The firm date for receipt of bids or offers will be stated in the RFO. Drawings will be available from the Contract Specialist (301) 286-7975. All QUALIFIED responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement [with the exception of the specifications and drawings] will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site and/or the CBD for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Hard copies of specifications and drawings may be obtained from the Bid Distribution office; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the solicitation, inclusive of any amendments, released on the Internet. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 10/30/98 (D-SN267116). (0303)

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