U.S. Army Materiel Command, Natick Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACN, Natick, MA 01760-5011

45 -- FIELD SANITATION UNIT SOL DAAD16-00-R-0006 POC Thomas J. Bouchard WEB: To view Draft documents, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, tbouchar@natick-amed02.army.mil. The U.S. Army Material Command Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division has a requirement on behalf of the United States Marine Corps for a self-contained Field Sanitation Unit (FSU), which shall provide the capability to properly clean and sanitize food service equipment and comply with preventive medicine regulations ensuring troop health and welfare. The Government intends this procurement to be a commercial item acquisition utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items'. This procurement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3569 and the size standard is 500 employees. The Government envisions the use of a Five (5) Year (One Base Year, and Four Option Years) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Exact quantities for the FSU are not available at this time but will be identified in the final CBD notice. The purpose of this initial announcement is to inform industry of the Governments intention and to provide an opportunity for interested firms to review and provide questions and comments on the DRAFT Performance Description. The DRAFT Performance Description, along with drawings of a system that was developed under a separate contract, may be viewed at The AMC Acquisition Center -- Natick On-Line Homepage, which is located at http://www3.natick.army.mil. The drawings provided are for reference purposes only and are not intended to direct prospective offerors to a particular design or solution. The Government will accept questions and comments concerning the DRAFT Performance Description up until the issuance of the final CBD notice. Exact date is not known at this time. Questions and comments shall be E-mailed to Mr. Thomas Bouchard, Contract Specialist. Phone calls will not be accepted. All questions and comments received on the Draft Performance Description will be answered and posted on the Homepage with the RFP. In addition to meeting the requirements in the Performance Description, an operators manual and initial training of the system will be required. There is no solicitation document available at this time. Posted 12/02/99 (W-SN405031). (0336)

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