Arnold Engineering Development Center, Attn: AEDC PKP, 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A332, Arnold AFB TN 37389-1332

Z -- PAINT ETF 200-FOOT EXHAUST STACK SOL F40650-99-R-0005 POC Lynn A. Jefferies, Contracting Officer (telephone: 931-454-4402) WEB: Click here to register for receipt of RFP when solicitation, http://pixs.wpafb.af.mil.arnold.asp. E-MAIL: You may e-mail the Contracting Officer at the address, jefferies@hap.arnold.af.mil. This project requires the contractor to remove existing lead-contaminated paint and apply new paint to a 200 foot high exhaust stack at Building 882 in the Engine Test Facility, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. Lead abatement is to be accomplished by means of blast cleaning using new recyclable steel grit within a 100% containment structure without interfering with exit of the exhaust. Area to be abated and painted is approximately 10,240 square feet, and the work will take place in operating test facilities. The performance period shall be 120 calendar days following receipt of a written Notice to Proceed. The estimated order of magnitude is between $100,000 and $250,000. This project is being solicited as a negotiated best value procurement. To be eligible for award, offerors must submit technical proposals and information concerning relevant past experience. Any responsible firm responding to this notice may submit an offer which shall be considered. Foreign participation is authorized. Any firm responding to this notice should do so in writing and should indicate whether or not it is a small business and whether or not it is a small disadvantaged business. The estimated date for the release of the solicitation is 19 February 1999. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors and potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the Ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the program director or contracting officer, but to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties may contact the Ombudsman, Mr. John Rampy, at 931-454-5613. Please do not contact the Ombudsman for routine requests for solicitation packages. Written requests for the solicitation package may be telefaxed to 931-454-7330. Numbered Note 26 applies. Posted 01/29/99 (W-SN293005). (0029)

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