Z -- Upgrade Electrical Base Utilities Infrastructure Phase I

The work consists of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, services and supervision for Project No. VDYD 00-0089, Upgrade Electrical Base Utilities Infrastructure Phase I at Scott AFB IL. The work required for this project consists of converting the overhead transmission lines to an underground power distribution system for Substation #2 and also for the east and west feeders to the hospital. This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation. There will be no public bid opening. The basis for award will be Best Value utilizing Performance-Price Trade-off (PPT) technique. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and will provide the best value to the government considering recent and relevant past/present performance and price. The government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror. The magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The NAICS code for this requirement is 237130. The SBA size standard is $ 28.5 Mil. This acquisition is a 100% HUB Zone set-aside. The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about 15 July 2004. The solicitation package will be posted on FedBizOpps, which can be accessed at www.fedbizopps.gov./. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation or the Interested Vendor's List (IVL). Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package or the IVL list will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register at www.fedbizopps.gov./ in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The IVL will also be maintained on and may be printed from this web site. Prospective offerors who would like their company name included on the Bidders Mailing List (planholder's list) may do so on the fedbizopps website under IVL. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs. Be advised that all interest parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database in order to receive a contract award. If you are not registered you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register on-line at http://www.ccr.gov/index.cfm. For further opportunities, you may review AF needs at http://www.selltoairforce.org. For other opportunities and information go to the small business administration web site at http://www.sba.gov/ or contact our small business specialist Garth Sanginiti at [email protected].