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R -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR TECHNICAL DATA SUPPORT SERVICES AT NADEP CHERRY POIN,NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER OMB CIRCULAR NO. A-76 (COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES STUDY) SOL N00421-00-R-0500 POC Contract Specialist: Louise Holmes,(301)757-9757; Contracting Officer: BethAnne Cacivio, (301) 757-9748 WEB: Click here to go to NAVAIR contracts., http:/www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. E-MAIL: Click to respond to the above synopsis or to contact, holmesl@navair.navy.mil. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT synopsis, previously synopsized 2 June 2000, and revised 5 June 2000. This sources sought synopsis clarifies where work will be performed, at Cherry Point North Carolina, and requests information needed by the Government prior to release of any potential solicitation. Details follow-please read this entire synopsis. OFFERORS WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY RESPONDED SHOULD RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS CONTAINED (BELOW) IN THIS SYNOPSIS. This is not a request for proposals,and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. The Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP), Cherry Point, North Carolina, is seeking sources capable of providing Technical Data support services. Currently, the Government in-house workforce is performing the services. It is intended to perform a cost comparison, pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-76, in order to determine whether a private sector or government source should be the performing activity. Accordingly, a contract may or may not ultimately be awarded as a resultof the study/cost comparison. If a contractor is selected as the performing activity, an award will be made in accordance with OMB Circular A-76, in conjunction with all other applicable Government and Navy acquisition regulations. Personnel of the performing activity (i.e. selected source) will be required to pass a specified background check, however, this process is not the process associated with obtaining Department of Defense Security Clearances nor as involved. In addition, the selected source is required to be International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001 (1994) or IS0- 9002 (1994) or ISO 9001 (2000) certified (registered) in accordance with Raad voor Accreditatie (RvC) AND ANSI-RAB accreditation requirements by the date set for receipt of initial proposals (currently estimated at 28 November 2000). If you are interested in competing for this requirement, please indicate your interest by sending an E-mail to,Louise Holmes at holmesl@NAVAIR.navy.mil. All valid Internet responses from prospective offerors must provide the return Internet e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number, and facsimile number in the body of the response. Responses without the aforementioned information will not be recognized as valid. If you have not previously responded, please respond to the following questions: For Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 8741, please indicate the following: (1) Is your business a large or small business? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business or a small, disadvantaged business? (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a)of the Small Business Act? (4) Is your firm a certified "hub zone" firm? (5) Is your firm is a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Is your firm currently ISO 9001(1994) or ISO 9002 (1994) or ISO 9001 (2000) registered in accordance with Raad voor Accreditatie (RvC) AND ANSI-RAB accreditation requirements? (7) If not currently registered, will your firm be ISO 9001(1994) or ISO 9002(1994) or ISO 9001 (2000) registered in accordance with Raad voor Accreditatie (RvC) AND ANSI-RAB by November 28, 2000? (8) If your firm is currently ISO registered or plans to become registered, will this registration be ISO 9001 (1994) or ISO 9002 (1994) or ISO 9001(2000)? (9) What actions have you taken towards this certification? ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS MUST USE THE INTERNET TO RESPOND TO THIS SYNOPSIS. TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The solicitation will be made available over the Internet in Microsoft Word 97TM format, and will reside upon the NAVAIR Homepage, located on the World Wide Web. Specifically, the URL for the NAVAIR homepage is http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be released by the end of September 2000. It is recommended that you respond to this synopsis, including all information above, if you would like to be notified electronically upon release of the solicitation, unless you have responded previously. All offerors who request to be notified will be informed via e-mail. The Government is not responsible for inability to deliver to provided email addresses. Posted 08/10/00 (W-SN484589). (0223)

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