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U -- INSTRUCTION OF ASBESTOS COURSES SOL N00189-00-R-0017 POC Krista Jensen (757)443-1396 E-MAIL: Contract Specialist's e-mail address, krista_y_jensen@nor.fisc.navy.mil. DESC: The Government intends to negotiate an Indefinite Delivery/Requirements type contract with firm fixed price unit prices for the instruction of Asbestos Courses, as required by the Naval Occupational Safety and Health, and Environmental Training Center, Norfolk, VA. The resulting contract will be from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 with four one-year options. This is a 100% Small Business Set-aside. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 8299. PART I -- All responsible sources must submit resumes, past performance and pricing data to the Fleet & Industrial Supply Center by 4:00 p.m. on the date the offer is due. Two instructors are required to teach each of the regular courses, while only one instructor is required to teach each refresher course. Instructors must have at least a four (4) year baccalaureate degree and at least five (5) years of professional experience in an asbestos related field OR Instructors must have at least a two year associate degree with a minimum of seven years of experience in an asbestos related field OR Instructors must have at least a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in an asbestos related field AND Instructors must have a minimum of at least three (3) years of instructional experience (one year of experience equates to a minimum of 160 hours of classroom training per a 12 month period) AND All instructors must be certified to teach the course they are presenting and the course must be approved by the state in which they are teaching in order to provide accredited asbestos training. If applicable, resumes should identify any awards and/or professional certificates that are held by the individual which are relevant to the course identified herein. Note: While Navy experience is not "required" to teach any of these courses, it is "preferred" and instructor candidates with Navy experience, and/or who can demonstrate knowledge of Navy instructions, will be given additional consideration by the technical evaluation committee when evaluating resume forms. Offerors shall submit resumes on the provided resume form included in the RFP. Offerors shall describe their past performance on similar contracts held within the past three (3) years, which are of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity to that required by this solicitation, or affirmatively state that they possess no relevant, directly related, or similar past performance. Offerors who have held similar contracts shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contract to the requirements of this RFP and shall provide the following information: Contract Number(s); name and telephone number of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), or point of contact at the activity for which the contract was performed; Dollar value of the contract; Detailed description of the work performed; Number of subcontractors used, if any, and a description of the extent of work performed by them. The Government shall assess the risks associated with the offeror's past performance and consider the number, type andseverity of any quality, delivery or cost problems in performing the contract, the corrective action taken, and effectiveness of the corrective action. If resumes are determined to be unacceptable by the technical evaluation committee, offerors will not be given the opportunity to correct the resumes. Only those offerors whose resumes are determined to be acceptable will continue to PART II -- Evaluation for Award. Part II consists of the technical proposal which will be an oral presentation; written material; and price proposal. The Government will present identical questions to each offeror to test their knowledge of Asbestos during clarification of oral presentations time. Potential Offerors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available by downloading the documents at FISC Norfolk Website: http://www.nor.fisc.navy.mil/contracts/solicitations/default.htm or at http://neco.navy.mil. This office will no longer issue hard-copy solicitations. By submitting a proposal, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency. Failure to so represent may be grounds for refusing to accept the proposal. The RFP will be issued approximately 24 November and will close 30 days after release. Note 1 Applies Posted 11/18/99 (W-SN401924). (0322)

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