ESC/PKOC 104 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731

Z -- RADON MITIGATION MOD SOL F19650-99-QB001 DUE 081399 POC Lisa Cichanowicz, Contracting Specialist, 781-377-2160; Dan Grejdus, Contracting Officer, 781-377-2949 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, cichanowiczl@hanscom.af.mil. The contractor shall furnish all services, labor, materials, tools, equipment and transportation necessary to perform all operations for pre and post construction testing for presence of radon back drafting and the installation of soil pressurization system to remove radon gas from the basement, first floor or crawlspace of approximately 20 occupied base housing units located on Hanscom AFB. The system will include a 4-inch diameter schedule 40 PVC piping system, which will be installed through the interior and exhausted above the roofline. The units with crawl space will have an additional branch of radon pipe installed to pull air from ground underneath the house addition. The performance period for this project is 90 days. All contractors must have had EPA RPP radon mitigation credentials and must currently be certified as a radon mitigator, by the national radon safety board (NSRB) or the national environmental health association (HRHA). The magnitude of construction is between $25,000.00 and$100,000.00. The statement of work, contract clauses, and Davis Bacon wage rates for this project will only be available at the following internet address: http//:www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. The drawings can be picked up at the site visit scheduled on or about 5 Aug 1999, or they may be picked up at the PKO office, Building 1305, 3rd floor, Hanscom AFB, MA. All interested parties must be registered in the central contractor registrar (CCR) in order to receive an award. Applications for CCR registration may be obtained at internet address: http//:crr.edi.dsa.mil or call 888-227-2423. The solicitation will be available on 2 Aug 99. Quotes will be due by 12:00 noon EST on 13 Aug 99. The government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after receipt of quotes with no obligation to the offeror. In accordance with AFFARS an ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during proposal development phase of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not todiminish the authority of the program director, program manager, or contracting officer but to communicate the offeror's concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. when requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as the source of the concerns. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the selection process. The ombudsman is Colonel Steven H. Sheldon, Director, Commander's Staff, ESC/CO, 781-377-5106. The ombudsman should only be contacted with issues or problems that have previously been brought to the attention of the program manager and/or contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Note 26. Posted 07/22/99 (D-SN357512). (0203)

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