ESC/PKOC 104 BARKSDALE STREET HANSCOM AFB, MA 01731

Z -- REPAIR SWITCHGEAR IN BUILDINGS 11005B & 1106, HANSCOM AFB, MA SOL F19650-99-R0040 DUE 090999 POC James Taylor, Contracting Specialist, 781-377-3247 Edna C. Alonis, Contracting Officer, 781-377-3024 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, taylorja@hanscom.af.mil or james.taylor@hanscom.af.mil. The United States Air Air Force is requesting proposals to provide repairs on Switchgear at Buildings 1105B and 1106, Hanscom AFB, MA. The project involves all labor, materials equipment, tools, transportation, and performance of all operations required to complete the aforementioned work in accordance with the specifications and drawings. The prinicpal items of work include but not limited to: Building 1105B: Reconstruction of existing 5kV air-magnetic circuit breakers to utilize new vacuum interrupter elements, replacement of existing protective relays, and removal of existing asbestos containing materials from switchgear and replacement with non-asbestos containing materials. Building 1106: Replacement of existing 5kV primary switch and secondary 208 volt switchboard, all associated medium and secondary voltage wiring and demolition. Service to building shall be maintained during construction. The magnitude of construction for this project is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. The solicitation forthis project will ONLY be available at the following internet address: http://www.herbb.[HANSCOM].af.mil. There will be no mailings of these items. Drawings will be mailed via United States Postal Service when the contractor has registered at the internet address. All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Regidtration (CCR) Database in order to receive an award. Applications for CCR registration may be obtained at the following internet address: http://www.acq.osd.mil/ec. A site visit will be scheduled at a later date. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after receipt of proposals, with no obligation to the offeror by the Government. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or 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, 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 manger and/or contracting officer and could not be satisfactorily resolved at that level. See Note 26. Posted 07/27/99 (D-SN359435). (0208)

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