U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

Y -- BC VEHICLE OPERATIONS/MAINTENANCE COMPLEX, LACKLAND AFB, TEXAS SOL DACA63-99-B-0039 DUE 081799 POC Lisa K. Yale, Contract Specialist, (817) 978-7469 WEB: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, lisa.k.yale@SWF02.usace.army.mil. Firm-Fixed Price Contract, the project provides for a Vehicle Operations/Maintenance complex. The 2,501 SM (square meter) Vehicle Maintenance Building, includes general and special purpose high-bay maintenance areas, prefabricated paint booth, warehouse, offices, storage rooms, repair rooms, welding shop, break room, men and women latrines/locker rooms, mechanical/electrical mezzanine, and communications room. The 39 SM Hazard Materials Storage Building includes two rooms, one for new and one for used materials. The 258 SM Vehicle Operations Building includes offices, break room, men and women latrines/locker rooms, dispatch area, communications room, and mechanical and electrical rooms. Primary construction materials include: drilled piers and slab on grade, structural slab with crawl space, and rib mat structural floor; structural steel frames; brick veneer and EIFS (exterior insulation and finish system) exterior walls on structural steel studs or concrete masonry back-up; standing seam metal roofs over steel beams and bar joists; interior gypsum board partition walls; interior concrete masonry unit walls; suspended acoustical ceilings; and standard office finishes such as carpet and paint. Also included are relocating an existing Compressed Natural Gas Station, asphalt parking areas, roads and drives, chain link fencing, site work, utilities, and landscaping. The plans and specifications will be placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments shall be made through either 3.5" diskette, CD ROM, and/or the Internet. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD ROM and the Internet. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. It is therefore the contractor's responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet after solicitation issuance at the following Internet address: "http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil". This is an UNRESTRICTED solicitation. Offers from all qualified business concerns are solicited. Bids from large business firms must comply with FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a Subcontracting plan. Failure to submit a Subcontracting Plan at the time of bid opening may result in rejection of bid. The Fort Worth District subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontract amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 61.2%; Small Disadvantaged Business 9.1%; Women-Owned Small Business 4.5%; and Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions (where applicable) 5.5%. Estimated Cost Range: $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00. SIC Code is 1542 and the Small Business Size Standard is $17 million. Solicitation to be issued on or about 16 July 1999. Proposals due on or about 17 August 1999. Duration of the project is approximately 669 days. Offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a government contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is "http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccragent/plsql/ccr.welcome". Bidders should register themselves on the Internet to receive a copy of this solicitation (CD ROM). NO EXPRESS MAIL PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED ON INITIAL MAILING OF THE CD. Posted 06/16/99 (W-SN343442). (0167)

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