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V -- RESIDENTIAL TRAINING FACILITIES SOL RFOW-01572-TNB DUE 050399 POC Trena N. Bercaw, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-2749, Fax (301) 286-0356, Email Trena.N.Bercaw.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Joseph F. Kroener, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-3294, Fax (301) 286-0356, Email Joseph.F.Kroener.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#RFOW-01572-TNB. E-MAIL: Trena N. Bercaw, Trena.N.Bercaw.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/HQ plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for Residential Training Facilities to handle training requirements that cannot be accommodated by Government facilities. The contractor facilities must be located within a 175 mile radius of the U.S. Capitol, and shall be able to provide lodging, on-site meals and classrooms/meeting rooms for 10 to 100 students. A variety of courses shall be held at the facility, and shall range in length from 1 training day/lodging night to 30 training days/lodging nights. Requirements include individual sleeping rooms, three meals per day, two daily coffee breaks, classroom/meeting rooms with audio/video capability and equipment. NASA anticipates awarding multiple, firm-fixed-priced, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts. The contracts shall have an effective period of one year, with four, one-year option periods. The minimum contract value shall be $5,000 and the maximum value shall be $2.5 million over the life of the contract. The Government intends to acquire commercial services using FAR Part 12 procedures. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 7011 and $5 million, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-10. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about 04/01/99 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about 05/03/99. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, 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/HQ Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/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 will not be mailed. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html. Posted 03/17/99 (D-SN309756). (0076)

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