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THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY AND NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. RESPONSES SHALL BE USED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT COMMIT THE NIH TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION FOR THIS REQUIREMENT. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT A SOLICITATION BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS MARKET SURVEY WILL BE PUBLISHED AND THAT A SUBSEQUENT FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FROM THE SOLICITATON WILL BE AWARDED IN 2011. A MARKET SURVEY is being conducted to determine if there are adequate Small Businesses, HUB Zones, 8(a) Businesses, Women-Owned Businesses, and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business contractors for the project listed below. If it is determined that adequate competition exist, the NIH may set the requirement aside for competition among the selected group. All interested Small Businesses including, HUB Zones, 8(a), Women Owned, and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business contractors should respond to this office in writing by mail or courier on or before due date listed below. Responses should include: (1) Identification of the interested small business (to include company's name, address, DUNs, NAICS code, small business size, socio economic status, and point of contact); (2) Current Bonding Capacity; (3) A short description and dollar value of each projects currently being performed; (4) Past Experience - Provide a brief description of projects substantially complete or completed within the last seven years which are similar to this project in size, scope, and dollar value. With each project experience provided, include the date when the project was completed or will be complete, location of the project, contract amount and size of the project, the portion and percentage of work that was, or is self performed, whether the project was design/build or not, and a description of how the experience relates to the proposed project; (5) Describe what portion of this work (including in-house skills) you would perform with your own workforce vs which portion you would sub-contract. Send responses to the Contracting Officer to the address indicated below -- no phone calls or emails. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. This is NOT a request for proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The work to be performed under this contract shall include furnishing all labor, materials, supervision, coordination, miscellaneous equipment and materials required for full and complete execution of the work and any other associated cost necessary for Removal/replacement of deteriorated asphalt paving and sidewalks from roadways and parking lots at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, NIH Animal Center in Poolesville, Maryland, Gerontology Research Center (GRC) in Baltimore, Maryland, and various rental facilities in Bethesda, Rockville, and Gaithersburg, Maryland. The project will include all related site work, including but not limited to: removal/replacement of deteriorated asphalt paving, sidewalks, concrete steps from roadways, parking lots, etc. varying in depth from two to ten inches. The replacement will be with six to ten inches of compacted hot mix asphalt, with excavation of existing lawn areas four to ten inches in depth and replacing with four to ten inches of compacted hot mix asphalt for temporary or permanent sidewalks, parking lots or roadways. The awarded contract including all option years will not exceed $15M. The Government intends to award Multiple Award IDIQ contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500.00 inclusive of all five years, for each contractor. Contract Duration: 1 Year plus 4 Option Years NAICS Code: The NAICS code is 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturer Mail or delivery 2 copies of your Qualification statement to the Contracting Point of Contact as follows: National Institutes of Health Office of Acquisition Office of Research Facilities ATTN: Keisha Benford 13 South Drive, RM 2E48 MSC 5711 Bethesda, MD 20892 We must receive your response by 3:00 pm EST on January 18, 2011