23 -- PRE-SOLICITATION CONFERENCE FOR VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE The Automotive Division will be hosting a pre-solicitation conference on Friday, April 21, 2000 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM to discuss a new Multiple Award Schedule Program for Vehicular Maintenance and Repair. As of 1997, the Federal Government had a fleet of approximately 577,000 vehicles and this program is being implemented in an attempt to obtain cost savings in the maintenance and repair of the vehicles in the Federal Fleet. The program will be a non-mandatory multiple award schedule, and, as such, we cannot accurately estimate the percentage of the Federal Fleet which would be interested in using this program. The solicitation is anticipated to issue the week following the conference and a draft solicitation is anticipated to be available for download on the Electronic Posting System (at http://WWW.EPS.GOV/) in the immediate future. The draft solicitation will be discussed during the conference. Special Item Numbers under the solicitation include Oil Change, Lube, and Oil Filter Change; Vehiclular Body Repair; Vehicular Glass Repair or Replacement; and General Repair and Maintenance (includes all other types of repairs and maintenance not covered in the other descriptions). The meeting will be to discuss this program in detail so potential offerors can understand the Government's requirements. The pre-solicitation conference will be held in Crystal Mall 3, Room C-43 (concourse level). The street address is 1931 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. Please contact Ms. Monica Bumbray at 703-305-3058 (e-mail: monica.bumbray@gsa.gov) to confirm attendance. If you have specific questions about the program please contact Jeffrey Meyers at 703-308-4666 (e-mail: jeffrey.meyers@gsa.gov). WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=S&ProjID=VMARS-DRAFT-S OL&LocID=10. E-MAIL: Jeffrey Meyers, jeffrey.meyers@gsa.gov. Posted 03/20/00 (D-SN435981).

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