23 -- Painting of Munitions Trailers

The contractor shall provide all required paint, materials, labor and transportation to perform corrosion control, painting and stenciling of 75 each MHU-110/M munitions handling trailers to include four main rails and four rail extenders per trailer. The contractor will be required to complete at a minimum seven trailers within a 30-day period. If the contrator can complete more than the minimum amount of trailers, prior coordination between the contractor and 28th Munitions Squadron will be required. The contractor will be responsible for picking-up and transporting the MHU-110 trailers to and from Ellsworth AFB, 28th Munitions Squadron. Due to speed restrictions, towing of trailers behind vehicles will not be an authorized form of transportation. The 28th Munitions Squadron will be responsible for loading and unloading trailers on Ellsworth AFB. The contractor will be responsible for loading and offloading at their facilty. This is a competitive lowest-price/technically acceptable solicitation. Standard Industry Code 7532. Size standard is $6.0 million. This acquisition is restricted 100% to small businesses under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Test Program. Issue date is on or after 23 June 2004. This solicitation will be distributed on the World Wide Web at the following address http://www.eps.gov. This soliciation will be located at USAF/ACC/Ellsworth AFB SD. This notice does not obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. NOTE: All prospective offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (http://www.ccr.gov) by the proposal date in order to be considered for award.